Faryal ( ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; also anglicized as Farial or Ferial) is a feminine given name of
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
origin used throughout the
Muslim world
The terms Islamic world and Muslim world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs, politics, and laws of Islam or to societies in which Islam is ...
.
It is a compound of the Persian words () meaning 'splendour' and () meaning 'neck'. The overall meaning of this name is thus 'the one with a beautiful neck, good neck'.
Women with this given name include:
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Ferial Qadin
Ferial Qadin ( ; ; died 21 February 1902) was a consort to Ismail Pasha, and mother to their son Fuad I of Egypt.
Background
She married Ismail Pasha, and gave birth to the future King Fuad I on 26 March 1868 in the Giza Palace. Ismail was depo ...
(died 1902), consort to Ismail Pasha
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Farial of Egypt
Princess Ferial (also spelled Farial, Feryal, ; 17 November 1938 – 29 November 2009) was the eldest child of Egypt's penultimate monarch, King Farouk.
Early life
Ferial was born on 17 November 1938. At the time of her birth, King Farouk was ...
(1938–2009), princess
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Faryal (actress)
Faryal (born 3 November 1945). She is an actress and dancer of mixed Indian and Arabic descent working in Hindi films. She was a popular Bollywood cabaret dancer and actress in the 1960s and 1970s.
Early life and background
Faryal was born i ...
(born 1945), actress of Indian and Syrian descent
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Faryal Gohar
Faryal Gohar (born 18 December 1959) is a Pakistani actress, television writer and human rights activist. She is known for her roles in dramas '' Uraan'', '' Chaandni Raatain'', ''Chand Grehan'', ''Wisal'' and '' Mohini Mansion Ki Cinderellayai ...
(born 1959), Pakistani actress
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Faryal Talpur
Faryal Talpur (; ; ''née'' Zardari; born 26 April 1958) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to May 2018 and a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from August 2018 till August 20 ...
(born 1958), Pakistani politician
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Faryal Mehmood
Faryal Mehmood is a Pakistani model and actress. She has played the role of Mehwish in Geo Entertainment's '' Baba Jani'' (2018). Mehmood has been profiled and featured in ''Gulf News'', ''The News International'', and ''MangoBaaz''. Her mother ...
, Pakistani-American actress
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Faryal Makhdoom
Amir Iqbal Khan (born 8 December 1986) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2022. Born and raised in Bolton, Khan began to box competitively at the age of 11. He rose to fame during the 2004 Summer Olympics, where h ...
, wife of Amir Khan
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Ferial Govashiri
Ferial Govashiri (born 1982/1983) is an Iranian-American political aide who served as the Personal Secretary to U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House from May 2014 through January 20, 2017. Govashiri is currently Chief of Staff to the Ch ...
, Iranian-American political aide
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Ferial Karim
Ferial Karim (; 16 April 1938 – 4 July 1988) was a Lebanese actress, singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Femina Miss India, Femina Miss India 1962 and represented India at Miss World 1962. Ferial was introduced to show b ...
(1938–1988), Lebanese actress
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Ferial Ashraff (born 1953), Sri Lankan politician
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Ferial Haffajee (born 1967), South African journalist
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Ferial Salhi
Ferial Salhi (born 2 November 1967) is an Algerian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and ...
(born 1967), Algerian fencer
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Ferial Alibali
Ferial Alibali (née Meçule; 10 January 1933 – 14 May 2011) was an Albanian stage actress who performed more than 100 roles during her acting career. She was one of the founders of the Aleksandër Moisiu Theatre in Durrës. Two years later, ...
(1933–2011), Albanian stage actress
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Ferial Ghazoul
Ferial Jabouri Ghazoul is an Iraqi scholar, critic, and translator. She was educated in Iraq, Lebanon, Britain, France, and the USA. She obtained her PhD in comparative literature from Columbia University in 1978. Currently, she is chair and profe ...
, Iraqi scholar
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Feryal Abdelaziz
Feryal Ashraf Abdelaziz (; born 16 February 1999) is an Egyptian karateka and the first female Egyptian to have won a gold medal at the Olympic Games. She won the gold medal in the women's +61kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, ...
(born 1999), Egyptian karateka
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Feryal Clark
Feryal Demirci Clark (; ' Demirci; born 6 January 1979) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield North since 2019. She has also served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Dig ...
(born 1979), British politician
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Feryal Özel
Feryal Özel (born May 27, 1975) is a Turkish American astrophysicist born in Istanbul, Turkey, specializing in the physics of compact objects and high energy astrophysical phenomena. As of 2022, Özel is the department chair and a professor at ...
(born 1975), Turkish-American astrophysicist
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