Farah (name)

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Gender Female or male		Related names Farrah
Word/name Arabic: happiness, joy, gladness, gleefulness, joyful, joyfulness, merriment, rejoice Meaning Ironworkr, blacksmith Happiness, joy

Farah is a male or female given name or surname.

Meaning

It has two origins, Middle Eastern and English. The Middle Eastern name and its variants (Farrah, Ferrah, Fareeha, etc.) are based on the Arabic root ف ر ح (f-r-ḥ), which is the basis of words related to joy (e.g., فَرَح , faraḥ, "happiness, joy, gladness, gleefulness, joyful, joyfulness, merriment, rejoice"). Its English root derives from Farrer, a middle English term from Middlesex meaning ironworker, itself derived from French Ferreor.

Given name

Farah Fath, American soap opera actress

Farah Holt, British model

Farah Pahlavi (born 1938), née Dibah, the last Empress of Iran

Farah (actress), a Bollywood actress of 80s

Farah Ali Jama, Somali economist and politician

Farah Hussain, Pakistani actress and presenter

Farah Khan, Indian choreographer and director

Farah Khan, Indonesian/Malaysian fashion designer and owner of the fashion label Farah Khan (company)

Mononym

Farah (actress), Bollywood actress

Surname

Elias Farah (1928-2013), Arabian philosopher and ideologue of the Ba'ath Party

Joseph Farah, an American journalist and prominent conservative

Kenza Farah, French rap/R&B singer

Martha Farah, psychologist

Mo Farah (born 1983), Somali-born British international track and field athlete

Nuruddin Farah, award-winning Somali writer

Robbie Farah, Australian rugby league footballer

Fictional characters

Princess Farah, a character in the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time video game trilogy

Farah, a character in the American television series Sleeper Cell

Pharah, a character in the video game Overwatch

References

Farah (name) Wikipedia

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