Farah (name)

Farah (name)
Farah or Farrah is a feminine and occasionally masculine given name in Arabic, Persian or Urdu.
Arabic
Farah (Arabic: فَرَح , faraḥ) is an Arabic female given name and sometimes male given name meaning "happiness, joy, gladness, gleefulness, joyful, joyfulness, merriment, rejoice"
The name is based on the Arabic root ف ر ح (f-r-ḥ), variants from the root are:
Faruh/ Farouh (Arabic: فَرُوح, farūḥ) - male given name
Farhat/ Farhaat (Arabic: فَرْحَات, farḥāt) - male given name (but the written form is in the female plural form), the female form below is Farhah.
Farhan/ Farhaan (Arabic: فَرْحَان, farḥān) - male given name
Afrah/ Afraah (Arabic: أَفْرَاح, afrāḥ) - female given name in the plural or superlative form
Fariha/ Fareeha (Arabic: فَرِيحَة, farīḥah) - female given name
Farhah (Arabic: فَرْحَة, farḥah) - female given name, the female form of Farhaat above
Farhah/ Faarhah (Arabic: فَارْحَة, fārḥah) - gender-neutral form, uncommonly used
Farah/ Faarah (Arabic: فَارَح, fāraḥ) - gender-neutral form, uncommonly used
Persian
Farah (Arabic: فَرَح , faraḥ), the same as the Arabic meaning as mentioned above.
Farrah/ Khwarrah (Pahlavi: xwarrah) or Khvaraenah (Avestan: ), in Avestan or Pahlavi meaning 'glory'. The Avestan or Pahlavi word-name used in Zoroastrian texts or name and is completely different from the Arabic.
People with the given name
Farah
Farah (actress), Indian actress
Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Turkish actress
Farah Damji (born 1966), British criminal
Farah Fath (born 1984), American actress
Farah Guled 3rd Grand Sultan of the Isaaq clan
Farah Hussein (born 2001), Egyptian gymnast
Farah Ali Jama, Somali economist and politician
Farah Khan (born 1965), Indian choreographer and director
Farah Mendlesohn, British academic
Farah Nur warrior and poet of the Isaaq clan
Farah Pahlavi (born 1938), Iranian empress consort
Farah Shah, Pakistani actress and host
Farrah
Farrah Abraham (born 1991), American television personality
Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), American actress
Farrah Franklin (born 1981), American singer
Farrah Forke (born 1968), American actress
Farrah Hall (born 1981), American sports sailor
Farrah Moan (born 1993), American drag queen and entertainer
Farrah Yousef (born 1989), Syrian singer
People with the surname
Farah
Abdulrahim Abby Farah (1919–2018), Somali diplomat and politician
Caesar E. Farah (1929–2009), American scholar and historian
Cynthia Farah (born 1949), American writer and photographer
Elias Farah (1928–2013), Syrian writer and thinker
Hassan Farah 3rd Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Somali clan
Hassan Abshir Farah (1945–2020), Somali politician
Joseph Farah (born 1954), American journalist and writer
Kenza Farah (born 1986), French-Algerian singer
Martha Farah (born 1955), American psychologist
Mo Farah (born 1983), Somali-British track and field athlete
Nuruddin Farah (born 1945), Somali writer
Robbie Farah (born 1984), Australian rugby league footballer
Robert Farah (tennis) (born 1987), Colombian tennis player
Farrah
Abd'Elkader Farrah (1926–2005), Algerian painter and stage designer
Georges Farrah (born 1957), Canadian politician
John Farrah (1849–1907), British grocer, confectioner, biologist and meteorologist
Pat Farrah, American retail executive
Shamek Farrah, American saxophone player
Fictional characters
Farah, a character in the American television series Sleeper Cell, played by Sarah Shahi
Farah Black, a character in the American television series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, played by Jade Eshete
Farah, a character in the video game series Prince of Persia
Farah Oersted, a character in the video game Tales of Eternia
Fareeha Amari, known as Pharah, a character in the videogame Overwatch
Farah Karim, a character in the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
See also
Pharah, a character in the Overwatch video game
Surnames of Somali origin
References
Arabic-language feminine given names
Feminine given names
Unisex given names