Farrokh (name)
Farrokh or Farokh (Persian: فرّخ, meaning fortunate and happy),[1] also transliterated as Farrukh, is a popular masculine given name of Persian origin and also a common surname in Iran, Central Asia and among Muslims and Zoroastrians in South Asia.[2] Some prominent individuals with the name include:
People with the mononym
- Farrukh Beg (c. 1547 – after 1615), Persian born Mughal painter
- Farrukh Pasha (died 1620–21), 16th and 17th-century Ottoman statesman based in Palestine
- Farrukh-Shah (died 1196), the amir of Kerman, in southeast of Iran from 1195 until his death
People with the given name
Farokh
- Farokh Engineer (born 1938), Indian cricketer
- Farokh Udwadia, Indian physician
Farrokh
- Ahmad-i Farrokh, 12th-century Persian physician
- Farrokh Khan (1812–1871), high-ranking Persian official, and vice premier to the court of shah Fath-Ali Shah Qajar. He is also known by his title of Amin od-dowleh
- Farrokh Ayazi, American Iranian professor and electrical engineer
- Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), born Farrokh Bulsara, British rock musician and founding member of the band Queen[2]
- Farrokh Ghaffari (1922–2006), Iranian film director, actor, critic and author
- Farrokh Khambata, Indian entrepreneur, restaurateur, chef and caterer.
- Farrokh Negahdar (born 1946), Iranian political activist
- Farrokh Saidi (born 1929), Iranian surgeon, academician
Farukh
- Farukh Ruzimatov (born 1963), Russian ballet dancer
Farrukh
- Farrukh Ahmad (1918–1974), Bangladeshi poet
- Farrukh Amonatov (born 1978), Tajik chess player
- Farrukh Bari (born 1964), Pakistani cricketer
- Farrukh Choriyev (born 1984), Tajik football player
- Farrukh Dhondy (born 1944), British writer
- Farrukh Dustov (born 1986), Uzbek tennis player
- Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan (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), Russian pilot of Azerbaijani ancestry, and participant in World War I
- Farrukh Habib (born 1980), Pakistani politician
- Farrukh Hormizd (died 631), army chief (spahbed) of northern Iran during the late Sasanian period
- Farrukh Ismayilov (born 1978), Azerbaijani footballer
- Farrukh Javed (born 1958), Pakistani politician
- Farrukh Khan, Pakistani politician
- Farrukh Quraishi (born 1951), retired Iranian-American football player
- Farrukh Raza (born 1961), Pakistani former cricketer
- Farrukh Saleem, Pakistani political scientist, economist, financial analyst, journalist and television personality
- Farrukh Sayfiev (born 1991), Uzbek footballer
- Farrukh Yassar, the Shirvanshah (king of Shirvan, r. 1465–1500)
- Farrukh Zokirov (born 1946), Uzbek composer, singer and artistic director of the famous in ex-USSR band Yalla
- Farrukh Zaman (born 1956), Pakistani cricketer
- Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan (born 1958), Pakistani Justice of the Lahore High Court
People with the surname
Farrokh
- Kaveh Farrokh (born 1962), Canadian author of Iranian descent
Farrukh
- Bushra Farrukh (born 1957), Pakistani poet
See also
- Farrokh (disambiguation)
- Farrokhroo Parsa (1922–1980), Iranian politician
- Farooq, a given name and surname
References
- ^ Campbell, Mike (2024-10-06). "Meaning, origin and history of the name Farrokh". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ^ a b Cox, Jeanine (2004). The Perfect Name. New York: Barnes & Noble Publishing. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-7607-4295-2.