Freydun ( fa, فریدون; from the

Avestan Avestan (), or historically Zend, is an umbrella term for two Old Iranian languages: Old Avestan (spoken in the 2nd millennium BCE) and Younger Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium BCE). They are known only from their conjoined use as the scrip ...

''Θraētaona''), is an Iranian masculine given name. Common variations include the names Freidun, Feridun, Faridun, Faredoon, Fereydoon, Ferydoon, Faridoon, Ferydoun, Fereydoun and Fereydun.

Etymology

All of the forms of the name shown above derive, by regular sound laws, from

Proto-Iranian Proto-Iranian or Proto-Iranic is the reconstructed proto-language of the Iranian languages branch of Indo-European language family and thus the ancestor of the Iranian languages such as Pashto, Persian, Sogdian, Zazaki, Ossetian, Mazandarani ...

''Thraetaona'' (Θraētaona) and

Proto-Indo-Iranian Proto-Indo-Iranian, also Proto-Indo-Iranic is the reconstructed proto-language of the Indo-Iranian/Indo-Iranic branch of Indo-European. Its speakers, the hypothetical Proto-Indo-Iranians, are assumed to have lived in the late 3rd millennium B ...

''Traitaunas''. Traitaunas is a derivative (with

augmentative An augmentative (abbreviated ) is a morphological form of a word which expresses greater intensity, often in size but also in other attributes. It is the opposite of a diminutive. Overaugmenting something often makes it grotesque and so in so ...

suffix -una/-auna) of ''Tritas'', the name of a deity or hero reflected in the Vedic ''

Trita Trita ("the Third") is a minor deity of the Rigveda, mentioned 41 times. He is associated with the Maruts, with Vayu and most especially with Indra, whom he sometimes assists and other times acts in place of when fighting Tvastar, Vrtra and Vala. H ...

'' and the Avestan ''Thrita'' (Θrita). Both names are identical to the adjective meaning "the third", a term used of a minor deity associated with two other deities to form a triad. In the Indian

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, Trita is associated with gods of thunder and wind.

is also called ''Aptya'' (Āptya), a name that is probably cognate with '' Athwiya'' (Āθβiya), the name of father of Thraetaona in the

Avestā The Avesta () is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language. The Avesta texts fall into several different categories, arranged either by dialect, or by usage. The principal text in the litu ...

. Traitaunas may therefore be interpreted as "the great son of the deity Tritas". The name was borrowed from Parthian into Armenian as '' Hrudēn''.

Notable people

Freydun or Freidun

Freidun Aghalyan Freidun Aghalyan (November 20, 1876 in Shusha, Russian Empire – February 1, 1944 in Yerevan) was an Armenian architect. In 1903 Aghalian finished a building for the Saint-Petersburg Institute of Civil Engineering. Between 1903 & 1921 he ove ...

(1876–1994), Armenian architect *

Freydun Atturaya Freydun Bet-Abram ( syr, ܒܝܬ ܐܒܪܡ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ; 1891 – 2 October 1926), better known as Freydun Atturaya (ܦ̮ܪܝܕܢ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ), was an Assyrian people, Assyrian national leader, politician, Doctor of Medicine, doctor and poet. Attu ...

(1891–1926), Assyrian physician

Feridun or Faridun

Feridun Ahmed Bey Feridun Ahmed Bey (died 16 March 1583) was an influential Ottoman official, bureaucrat, author and military officer, best known for his service in the government of Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1565–1579). He was the second husband of A ...

(died 1583), Ottoman official, bureaucrat, author and military officer * Feridun Aybars (born 1952), Turkish swimmer *

Feridun Bilgin Feridun Bilgin (born 1964) is a Turkish civil servant and politician who served as the Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication of Turkey from 7 March to 17 November 2015. Formerly the Undersecretary to the Ministry, Bilgin took over f ...

(born 1964), Turkish civil servant and politician, former Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication *

Feridun Buğeker Feridun İsmail Buğeker (5 April 1933 – 6 October 2014) was a Turkish football forward who played for Turkey in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

(1933–2014), Turkish football player *

Feridun Cemal Erkin This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. List The position of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey was established in 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence. List of ministers of foreign affairs by time in office ...

(1899–1980), Turkish diplomat and politician *

Feridun Düzağaç Feridun Düzağaç (born 10 October 1968) is a Turkish rock music singer and songwriter, usually known for his pessimistic and melancholic songs. Music career Early career Feridun Düzağaç started his music career by forming a band called " ...

(born 1968), Turkish singer *

Feridun Hamdullahpur Feridun Hamdullahpur (born ) is the chancellor of International Business University. Previously, he was the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo. Hamdullahpur was named the sixth president of the University of Waterloo in Mar ...

(born 1953/54), Turkish-Canadian academic *

Feridun Karakaya Feridun Karakaya (1928 – April 24, 2004) was a well-known Turkish comedy actor. Biography Karakaya educated in Kabataş Erkek Lisesi. He took part in several stage and film productions between years 1955 and 2002. He is best remembered wi ...

(1922–2004), Turkish comedy actor * Faridun Muhiddinov, Tajikistani engineer and politician * Faridun Nahar Laili, Bangladeshi politician * Feridun Sinirlioğlu (born 1956), Turkish diplomat and civil servant *

Feridun Sungur Feridun Sungur (born 2 January 1984) is a Turkish former professional footballer. Born in Arsin, Turkey, he is a defender who has made most of his career in Turkey. His signing in July 2005 for Trabzonspor signalled a return to the club he ha ...

(born 1984), Turkish football player *

Feridun Zaimoğlu Feridun Zaimoğlu (born 4 December 1964, in Bolu) is a German author and visual artist of Turkish descent. Since 1995 Zaimoğlu has become one of the important poets of contemporary German language. His central themes are the problems of the seco ...

(born 1964), German author and visual artist of Turkish origin

Faridoon or Faredoon

* Faridoon Abadan (1946–????), Pakistani politician *

Faredoon Irani Faredoon A. Irani was an Indian cinematographer who worked in Hindi films. He shot Mehboob Khan's films '' Andaz'' (1949), ''Aan'' (1952) and ''Mother India '' (1958). During his career, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer record ...

, Indian cinematographer * Faridoon Sharipov (born 1997), Tajikistani footballer

Fereydoon or Ferydoon

* Fereydoon Batmanghelidj (1931–2004), Iranian medical doctor *

Fereydoon Family Fereydoon Family (born September 18, 1945) is a leading Persian physicist in the field of nanotechnology and solid-state physics. He is currently Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics and a member of the Emerson Center for Scientific Computati ...

(born 1945), Persian physicist * Ferydoon Hemmati (born 1960), Iranian politician *

Fereydoon Hoveyda Fereydoon Hoveyda ( fa, فریدون هویدا ''Fereydūn Hoveyda'', 21 September 1924 – 3 November 2006) was an Iranian diplomat, writer and thinker. He was the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations from 1971 until 1979. Early life and ...

(1924–2006), Iranian diplomat, writer and thinker * Fereydoon Farrokhzad (1936–1992), Persian singer, actor, poet, TV and Radio host, writer, and political opposition figure *

Fereydoon Fazli Fereydoon Fazli, ( fa, فريدون فضلی , born June 22, 1971) is a former professional football player who played for Nassaji Mazandaran in Azadegan League before retiring from playing football. He usually played in the striker position. ...

(born 1971), Iranian football player *

Fereydoon Foroughi Fereydoon Foroughi ( fa, فریدون فروغی; 29 January 1951 – 5 October 2001) was an Iranian singer, musician and composer. He contributed greatly to Iranian music and arts and his unique voice and style soon caught on with the people. I ...

(1951–2001), Iranian singer * Fereydoon Mirza (1810–1855), the 5th son of Abbas Mirza, then crown prince of Persia *

Fereydoon Moshiri Fereydoon Moshiri ( fa, فریدون مشیری; September 21, 1926 – October 24, 2000) was one of the prominent contemporary Persian poets who wrote poems in both modern and classic styles of the Persian poem. A selection of his poems has been ...

(1926–2000), contemporary Persian poet *

Fereydoon Motamed Fereydoon Motamed, also known as Amir Fereydoun Motamed, Amir Fereydoon Motamed or Fereydoon H. Motamed, (1917 – 1993), was an internationally-known linguist and professor and a notable authority on poetic meters. He was the winner of the Loui ...

(1917–1993), Iranian professor and linguist *

Ferydoon Zandi Ferydoon Zandi (born 26 April 1979) is an Iranian retired professional footballer. Early life Zandi was born in the city of Emden, in northern Germany, to an Iranian father and a German mother. He speaks German and Persian. He started playing f ...

(born 1979), Iranian football midfielder

Fereydoun or Ferydoun

* Fereydoun Aghazadeh, professor of industrial engineering * Fereydoun Ala (born 1931), Iranian physician and academician * Fereydoun Davatchi, Iranian medical professor *

Fereydoun Djam Fereydoun Djam (1914 – 24 May 2008; fa, فريدون جم) was a senior Iranian army official, and the son of former Iranian prime minister Mahmoud Djam. Career Djam served as head of the Iranian Imperial Army Corps from 1969 to 1971. He w ...

(1914–2008), Iranian military official *

Fereydoun Farrokhzad Fereydoun Farrokhzad ( fa, فریدون فرخزاد; October 7, 1938 – August 3, 1992) was an Iranian showman, host, poet, actor, political activist, singer, humanitarian, and writer. He is best known for his television variety show ''The Silv ...

(1938–1992), Iranian showman, host, poet, actor, political activist, singer, humanitarian and writer *

Fereydoun Ghanbari Fereydoun Ghanbari ( fa, فریدون قنبری, 23 September 1977, Kermanshah, Iran – 17 April 2021) was an Iranian wrestler. He won Gold medal at the 2004 Asian Wrestling Championships. In 1997 he won the gold medal at Ju ...

(1977–2021), Iranian wrestler *

Fereydoun Jeyrani Fereydoun Jeyrani ( fa, فریدون جیرانی; born in 1951, Kashmar) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and television presenter. He was the director, producer and host of the first series of Haft (Seven), an Iranian television series ...

(born 1951), Iranian film director, screenwriter and television presenter *

Fereydoun Keshavarz Fereydoun Keshavarz ( fa, فریدون کشاورز; 1907–2006) was an Iranian physician and communist politician. Early life and education The son of a merchant from Gilan who had taken part in the Persian Constitutional Revolution, Kesha ...

(1907–2006), Iranian physician and politician * Fereydoun Kian, Iranian military officer * Fereydoun Mahdavi (1932–2014), Iranian politician and economist *

Fereydoun Mirza Qajar Shahzada Freydoun Mirza Qajar ( fa, فریدون میرزا قاجار; 22 January 1922 – 24 September 1975) was a member of the Qajar dynasty. Biography Freydoun Qajar was born at the Golestan Palace, Tehran, on 22 January 1922. He was educ ...

(1922–1975), Iranian nobleman *

Fereydoun Moeini Fereydoun Moeini (born 23 August 1946) is a retired Iranian football striker who has played all of his careers at Persepolis. He is also a teacher at the universities and was also team manager of Iran national football team ) ''(the national ...

(born 1946), Iranian footballer *

Fereydoun Rahnema Fereydoun Rahnema ( fa, فریدون رهنما; 1930 – 1975) was an Iranian film director and poet. He is most known for his 1960 short film, ''Takht-e Jamshid'' (''Persepolis''), and his feature film, ''Siavash dar Takht-e Jamshid'' (''Siavas ...

(1930–1975), Iranian film director and poet * Ferydoun Sadeghi (before 1930–2005), Iranian basketball player

Fereydun

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, Iranian mythical king and hero *

Fereydun Adamiyat Fereydun Adamiyat or Fereidoon Adamiyat (23 July 1920 in Tehran – 29 March 2008) ( fa, فریدون آدمیت) was a leading social historian of contemporary Iran and particularly the Qajar era. He was the son of Abbasquli Adamiyat, a pioneer ...

(1920–2008), Iranian historian * Fereydun Robert "Fred" Armisen (born 1966), American comedian and actor *

Fereydun Gole Fereydun Gole ( fa, فریدون گُله; also spelled Fereydoun Goleh) (1941 – 22 October 2005) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian screenwriter, film director, and Film editing, film editor. He was active in producing urban drama films throughout ...

(1942–2005), Iranian screenwriter *

Fereydun Khan Cherkes Fereydun Khan Cherkes (died 1620/21) was a Safavid official and military commander of Circassian origin, who served as the governor (''beglarbeg'') of Astarabad in 1605/06–1620, during the reign of king Abbas I (r. 1588–1629). Biography Fer ...

(died 1620/21), Safavid official and military commander