Farrokh or Farokh ( fa, فرّخ, meaning ''fortunate and happy''), also transliterated as Farrukh, is a popular given name for boys and also a common surname in Iran, Central Asia and among Muslims and Zoroastrians in South Asia. Some prominent individuals with the name include:

People with the mononym

Farrukh Beg Farrukh Beg (Persian: فرخ بیگ) (ca. 1547), also known as Farrukh Husayn, was a Persian miniature painter, who spent a bulk of his career in Safavid Iran and Mughal India, praised by Mughal Emperor Jahangir as “unrivaled in the age.” Fa ...

(c. 1545 – c. 1615), a Persian born Mughal painter *

Farrukh Pasha Farrukh Pasha ibn Abdullah (also known as Farrukh Bey) (died 1620–21) was the Ottoman governor of Nablus and Jerusalem in the early 17th century, and founder of the Farrukh dynasty, which held the governorship of Nablus and other posts for much ...

, a 16th and 17th-century Ottoman statesman based in Palestine * Farrukh-Shah (died 1196), the amir of

Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...

, in southeast of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

from 1195 until his death

People with the given name

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Farokh Engineer Farokh Maneksha Engineer (born 25 February 1938) is an Indian former cricketer. He played 46 Test matches for India, played first-class cricket for Bombay in India from 1959 to 1975 and for Lancashire County Cricket Club in England from 196 ...

(born 1938), Indian cricketer * Farokh Udwadia, Indian physician

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* Ahmad-i Farrokh, a 12th-century Persian physician *

Farrokh Khan Farrokh Khan ( fa, فرخ خان; also spelled Ferouk Khan, Feruk Khan and Ferukh Khan), also known by his title of Amin od-dowleh (), was a high-ranking Persian official, and vice premier to the court of the shah of Qajar Fath-Ale Shah. He was al ...

also known by his title of Amin od-dowleh, was a high-ranking Persian official, and vice premier to the court of shah Fath-Ali Shah Qajar * Farrokh Ayazi, American Iranian professor and electrical engineer *Farrokh Bulsara (1946-1991), known as ''

Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter, who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the ...

'', a British rock musician and founding member of the band Queen *

Farrokh Ghaffari Farrokh Ghaffari ( fa, فرخ غفاری, 26 February 1922 – 17 December 2006) was an Iranian film director, actor, critic and author. Along with Ebrahim Golestan and Fereydoun Rahnema he was one of the founders of Iran's New Wave film movement ...

(1921–2006), an Iranian film director, actor, critic and author * Farrokh Khambata, an Indian entrepreneur, restaurateur, chef and caterer. *

Farrokh Negahdar Farrokh Negahdar ( fa, فرخ‌ ملا نگهدار, Farroḵ Negahdār; born 1946) is an Iranian leftist political activist. Born into a civil servant family, Negahdar joined the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas in 1963, and beg ...

, an Iranian political activist * Farrokh Saidi (born 1929), Iranian surgeon, academician

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Farukh Ruzimatov Farukh Sadullayevich Ruzimatov (russian: Фару́х Садулла́евич Рузима́тов; born 26 June 1963) is an Uzbek-Russian ballet dancer. Since 2018, Ruzimatov has been artistic director of the ballet company at Navoi Theatre i ...

(born 1963), Russian ballet dancer

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Farrukh Ahmad Syed Farrukh Ahmad ( bn, সৈয়দ ফররুখ আহমদ; 10 June 1918 – 19 October 1974), later simply known as Farrukh Ahmad, was a Bangladeshi poet and author. He is commonly known as the ''poet of the Muslim renaissance'', as ...

(1918–1974), a Bangladeshi poet * Farrukh Amonatov (born 1978), a Tajik chess player * Farrukh Bari (born 1964), a Pakistani cricketer *

Farrukh Choriyev Farrukh Choriyev (born 27 July 1984) is a Tajikistan football player, who currently plays for Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda. International career He has been a member of the Tajikistan national football team since 2006. Career statistics Internationa ...

(born 1984), Tajik football player *

Farrukh Dhondy Farrukh Dhondy (born 1944) is an Indian-born British writer, playwright, screenwriter and left-wing activist who resides in the United Kingdom. Education Dhondy was born in 1944 in Poona, India, where he attended The Bishop's School, and obtai ...

, a British writer *

Farrukh Dustov Farrukh Dustov (born 22 May 1986) is a retired Uzbek tennis player and tennis coach, playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of ...

(born 1986), an Uzbek tennis player *

Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan ( ur, ) (December 25, 1952 – September 7, 2003) was a Pakistani musician, who played the harmonium in Qawwali music. He was also a member of a well-known family of Qawwali musicians, the Qawwal Bacchon gharana (Delhi g ...

(1952–2003), Pakistani Punjabi player of the harmonium in Qawwali and a member of a well-known family of Qawwali musicians * Farrukh Gayibov (1891–1916), a Russian pilot of Azerbaijani ancestry, and participant in World War I *

Farrukh Habib Farrukh Habib (born 18 September 1987) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till July 2022 and former Minister of State from April 2021 till April 2022, born in Faisalabad. He sta ...

, a Pakistani politician *

Farrukh Hormizd Farrukh Hormizd or Farrokh Hormizd ( fa, فرخ‌هرمز), also known as Hormizd V, was an Iranian prince, who was one of the leading figures in Sasanian Iran in the early 7th-century. He served as the military commander (''spahbed'') of northern ...

, army chief (''

spahbed ''Spāhbed'' (also spelled ''spahbod'' and ''spahbad'') is a Middle Persian title meaning "army chief" used chiefly in the Sasanian Empire. Originally there was a single ''spāhbed'', called the , who functioned as the generalissimo of the Sasani ...

'') of northern

during the late

Sasanian The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...

period * Farrukh Ismayilov (born 1978), an Azerbaijani footballer * Farrukh Javed, a Pakistani politician * Farrukh Khan, Pakistani politician *

Farrukh Quraishi Farrukh Quraishi ( fa, فرخ قریشی, born November 13, 1951, in Masjid-I-Sulaiman, Iran) is a retired Iranian-born English footballer. He spent six seasons in the North American Soccer League playing for the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Calgary B ...

, a retired Iranian-American football player * Farrukh Raza (born 1961), a Pakistani former cricketer *

Farrukh Saleem Farrukh Saleem (Urdu: فاروخ سليم) is an Islamabad-based Pakistani political scientist, economist, financial analyst, journalist and a television personality. He has published articles on geopolitics, economic competition and educatio ...

, Pakistani political scientist, economist, financial analyst, journalist and a television personality * Farrukh Sayfiev (born 1991), Uzbek footballer *

Farrukh Yassar Farrukh Yasar ( fa, فرخ یسار) was the last independent Shirvanshah of Shirvan (1465–1500). In 1500, the first Safavid ruler, Ismail I, decisively defeated and killed Farrukh Yasar during his conquest of the area. Descendants of Farrukh Ya ...

, the

Shirvanshah ''Shirvanshah'' ( fa, شروانشاه), also spelled as ''Shīrwān Shāh'' or ''Sharwān Shāh'', was the title of the rulers of Shirvan from the mid-9th century to the early 16th century. The title remained in a single family, the Yazidids, a ...

(king of

Shirvan Shirvan (from fa, شروان, translit=Shirvān; az, Şirvan; Tat: ''Şirvan''), also spelled as Sharvān, Shirwan, Shervan, Sherwan and Šervān, is a historical Iranian region in the eastern Caucasus, known by this name in both pre-Islam ...

, r. 1465–1500) *

Farrukh Zokirov Farrukh Karimovich Zokirov ( uz, Фаррух Каримович Зокиров, russian: link=no, Фарру́х Кари́мович Заки́ров, born 16 April 1946) is an Uzbek and Soviet singer, composer and actor. He has been artistic ...

, an Uzbek composer, singer and artistic director of the famous in ex-USSR band Yalla * Farrukh Zaman (born 1956), Pakistani cricketer *

Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan ( ur, ; born 23 June 1958) is a Pakistani jurist who has been Justice of the Lahore High Court from 20 February 2010 until his resignation on 9 April 2019 Education Khan studied at Punjab University Law College in L ...

(born 1958), Pakistani Justice of the Lahore High Court

People with the surname

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Kaveh Farrokh Kaveh Farrokh ( fa, کاوه فرخ) is a Greek author of several academic books and peer-reviewed publications specializing in Iranian history, and has been a frequent lecturer on Iran-related topics at the University of British Columbia as part ...

(born 1962), a Canadian author of Iranian descent

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* Bushra Farrukh (born 1957), a Pakistani poet

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