Farah or Farrah is a feminine and occasionally masculine

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: 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 (

: فَرُوح, ''farūḥ'') - male given name * Farhat/ Farhaat (

: فَرْحَات, ''farḥāt'') - male given name (but the written form is in the female plural form), the female form below is Farhah. * Farhan/ Farhaan (

: فَرْحَان, ''farḥān'') - male given name * Afrah/ Afraah (

: أَفْرَاح, ''afrāḥ'') - female given name in the plural or superlative form * Fariha/ Fareeha (

: فَرِيحَة, ''farīḥah'') - female given name * Farhah (

: فَرْحَة, ''farḥah'') - female given name, the female form of Farhaat above * Farhah/ Faarhah (

: فَارْحَة, ''fārḥah'') -

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form, uncommonly used * Farah/ Faarah (

: فَارَح, ''fāraḥ'') -

form, uncommonly used

Persian

Farah (

: 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

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texts or name and is completely different from the Arabic.

People with the given name

Farah

Farah (actress) Farah Naaz Hashmi, commonly credited as Farah, is a leading Bollywood actress of the mid 1980s and early 1990s. She is the elder sister of Tabu. Farah made her debut in ''Faasle'' in 1985 under the Yash Chopra films banner. She was one of the ...

(), Indian actress *

Farah Zeynep Abdullah Farah Zeynep Abdullah (born 17 August 1989) is a Turkish actress and singer. She gained nationwide recognition and critical acclaim for her roles in the films '' Kelebeğin Rüyası'' (2013), '' Unutursam Fısılda'' (2014), '' Bizim İçin: Ş ...

, Turkish actress * Farah Damji (born 1966), British criminal *

Farah Fath Farah LeeAllen Fath Galfond (born May 1, 1984) is an American actress. She portrayed Mimi Lockhart on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' from 1999 to 2007, and Gigi Morasco on the ABC Daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live'' from 2007 to ...

(born 1984), American actress *

Farah Guled Sultan Farah Guled ( so, Faarax Guuleed, ar, فارح بن جوليد) was a Somali ruler. He was the second Grand Sultan of the Isaaq Sultanate and also a Hajji having completed pilgrimage to Mecca. Biography Son of Sultan Guled, he was among ...

3rd Grand Sultan of the

Isaaq The Isaaq (also Isaq, Ishaak, Isaac) ( so, Reer Sheekh Isxaaq, ar, بني إسحاق, Banī Isḥāq) is a Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large and densely populated traditional territory. Pe ...

clan * Farah Hussein (born 2001), Egyptian gymnast * Farah Ali Jama, Somali economist and politician *

Farah Khan Farah Khan Kunder (born 9 January 1965) is an Indian film director, film producer, actress, dancer and choreographer who works predominantly in Hindi films. Khan has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 films, w ...

(born 1965), Indian choreographer and director *

Farah Mendlesohn Farah Jane Mendlesohn (born 27 July 1968) is a British academic historian, writer on speculative fiction, and active member of science fiction fandom. Mendlesohn is best-known for their 2008 book '' Rhetorics of Fantasy'', which classifies fanta ...

, British academic *

Farah Nur Farah Nur ( so, Faarax Nuur) (1862 – 1932) was a famed Somali poet and warrior of the Arap Isaaq clan. Poetry Farah's poetry had deep meaning and he was known for his eloquence and ability to cover a breadth of topics. Aakhiru Sabaan The po ...

warrior and poet of the

clan *

Farah Pahlavi Farah Pahlavi ( fa, فرح پهلوی, née Farah Diba ( fa, فرح دیبا, label=none); born 14 October 1938) is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and was successively Queen and Empress ('' Shahbanu'') of Iran fro ...

(born 1938), Iranian empress consort *

Farah Shah Farah Shah is a Pakistani television actress and former model. She made her acting debut with a role of Mehru in PTV World's classic series ''Boota From Toba Tek Singh'' (1999). Shah's career span for more than 20 years. She worked in various h ...

, Pakistani actress and host

Farrah

Farrah Abraham Farrah Abraham (born May 31, 1991) is an American reality television personality, singer, pornographic actress, and writer. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa, she received public attention after being cast in the reali ...

(born 1991), American television personality * Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009), American actress *

Farrah Franklin Farrah Laron Franklin (born May 3, 1981) is an American R&B singer and actress. She is also a former member of the girl group Destiny's Child. Along with Michelle Williams, she replaced the group's original members LaTavia Roberson and LeToya ...

(born 1981), American singer *

Farrah Forke Farrah Rachael Forke (January 12, 1968 – February 25, 2022) was an American actress known for her roles as Alex Lambert on the NBC sitcom ''Wings'', and Mayson Drake on '' Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. She also voiced the c ...

(born 1968), American actress *

Farrah Hall Farrah Hall (born November 1, 1981 in Annapolis, Maryland) is an American sports sailor. She competes in RS:X, a windsurfing discipline. Hall graduated from Broadneck High School in Annapolis in 1999 and from St. Mary's College of Maryland i ...

(born 1981), American sports sailor *

Farrah Moan Cameron Clayton, better known by the stage name Farrah Moan, (born September 11, 1993), is an American drag queen, model, actor, make-up artist and internet personality best known for participating in the ninth season of the reality TV show ''RuP ...

(born 1993), American drag queen and entertainer * Farrah Yousef (born 1989), Syrian singer

People with the surname

Farah

Abdulrahim Abby Farah Abdulrahim Abby Farah ( so, Cabdiraxiim Caabbi Faarax, ar, عبد الرحيم آبي فرح; October 22, 1919 – May 14, 2018) was a Welsh-born Somali diplomat and politician. He was Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations 1979-1990. He ...

(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

Somali clan * Hassan Abshir Farah (1945–2020), Somali politician *

Joseph Farah Joseph Francis Farah (born July 6, 1954) is an American author, journalist and editor-in-chief of the conservative website ''WorldNetDaily'' ''(WND)''. Early years Farah was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on July 6, 1954, to parents of Syrian ...

(born 1954), American journalist and writer * Kenza Farah (born 1986), French-Algerian singer * Martha Farah (born 1955), American psychologist *

Mo Farah Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 23 March 1983) is a British long-distance runner. His ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner ever ...

(born 1983), Somali-British track and field athlete *

Nuruddin Farah Nuruddin Farah ( so, Nuuradiin Faarax, ar, نورالدين فارح) (born 24 November 1945) is a Somali novelist. His first novel, ''From a Crooked Rib'', was published in 1970 and has been described as "one of the cornerstones of modern East ...

(born 1945), Somali writer *

Robbie Farah Robert Peter Farah ( ar, روبي فرح) (born 23 January 1984) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international, Lebanese international and captain of New South Wales Blues t ...

(born 1984), Australian rugby league footballer *

Robert Farah (tennis) Robert Charbel Farah Maksoud (; born 20 January 1987) is a Colombian professional tennis player, who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 163 in June 2011, but has achieved most of his success in ...

(born 1987), Colombian tennis player

Farrah

* Abd'Elkader Farrah (1926–2005), Algerian painter and stage designer *

Georges Farrah Georges Farrah, (born August 23, 1957) is a Canadian politician. Background Born in Cap-aux-Meules, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, the son of Arthur Farrah and Hilda Boudreau, he was educated in administration at the University of Moncton. Member ...

(born 1957), Canadian politician * John Farrah (1849–1907), British grocer, confectioner, biologist and meteorologist *

Pat Farrah Patrick "Pat" Farrah is an American former retail executive who is a co-founder of Home Depot. Patrick Farrah was born and raised in Southern California. Dropping out of junior college in the first year, in 1962 he took a job at National Lumber an ...

, American retail executive * Shamek Farrah (), American saxophone player

Fictional characters

* Farah, a character in the American television series ''Sleeper Cell'', played by

Sarah Shahi Aahoo Jahansouzshahi ( fa, آهو جهانسوز شاهی; born ), known professionally as Sarah Shahi (), is an American actress and former model. She played Carmen on ''The L Word'' in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama ''Fairly Leg ...

* Farah Black, a character in the American television series ''

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' is a humorous detective novel by English writer Douglas Adams, published in 1987. It is described by the author on its cover as a "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic- ...

'', 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 , known as ''Tales of Destiny II'' in its original North America release, is an action role-playing game published by Namco as the third main title in their '' Tales'' series. Initially released for the PlayStation in November 2000 in Japan, an ...

'' * Fareeha a character in the videogame ''

Overwatch ''Overwatch'' is a multimedia franchise centered on a series of online multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment: '' Overwatch'' released in 2016, and ''Overwatch 2'' released in 2022. Both games f ...

'' * Farah, a character in the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)

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People with the surname

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