Irfan (also
transliterated
Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one writing system, script to another that involves swapping Letter (alphabet), letters (thus ''wikt:trans-#Prefix, trans-'' + ''wikt:littera#Latin, liter-'') in predictable ways, such as ...
as Erfan, ) is an Arabic/Persian male given name, meaning "knowledge", "awareness", "learning", and "wisdom".
Given name
Irfan
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Irfan Khan (born 1982), Pakistani singer
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Irfan Ahmed (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
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Irfan Bachdim
Irfan Haarys Bachdim (born 11 August 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder. Born in the Netherlands, he represented the Indonesia national team.
Early life
Bachdim's father, Noval, is an Indonesian n ...
(born 1988), Indonesian footballer
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İrfan Başaran (born 1989), Turkish footballer
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Irfan Habib
Irfan Habib (born 10 August 1931) is an Indian historian of ancient and medieval India, following the methodology of Marxist historiography in his contributions to economic history. He is known for his strong stance against Hindutva. He has au ...
(born 1931), Indian Marxist historian of ancient and medieval India
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Irfan Husain
Irfan Husain () (5 July 1944 – 16 December 2020) was a Pakistani newspaper columnist and civil servant.
He wrote weekly columns for ''Dawn'' newspaper. Husain wrote on a wide range of subjects for newspapers in Pakistan and elsewhere sinc ...
(1944-2020), Pakistani writer and journalist
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İrfan Kahveci (born 1995), Turkish footballer
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Irfan Khan (actor) (1967-2020), Indian actor
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Irfan Khoosat
Irfan Khoosat (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) (born 9 June 1952) is a Pakistani actor, director, producer and comedian.
He is famous for his comic role as ''Hawaldar Karamdad'' in the TV series ''Andhera Ujala'' (1984–1985) in which he portraye ...
(born 1952), Pakistani actor, producer and comedian
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Irfan Ljubijankić
Irfan Ljubijankić (26 November 1952 – 28 May 1995) was a Bosnian diplomat, politician, accomplished surgeon, and a classical music composer, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 30 October ...
(1952-1995), Bosnian doctor and surgeon, classical music composer, politician and diplomat
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Irfan Makki
Irfan Makki (; born 30 October 1975) is a Pakistani-born Canadian Muslim singer-songwriter.
Career
After signing with Awakening Records, he released the album ''I Believe'', with 13 tracks. The title track "I Believe", featuring the Swedish-Leb ...
(born 1975), Canadian Muslim singer, songwriter of Pakistani origin
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Irfan Mensur
Irfan Mensur ( sr-cyr, Ирфан Менсур; born Irfan Kurić, sr-cyr, Ирфан Курић; 19 January 1952) is a Serbian theatre, television, and film actor of Bosnian descent.
Early life
Born to father Mensur Kurić from Niš whose fami ...
(born Irfan Kurić, 1952), Bosnian theatre, television and film actor
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Irfan Orga
İrfan Orga (October 31, 1908 – November 29, 1970) was a Turkish fighter pilot, staff officer, and author, writing in English. He published books on many areas of Turkish life, cookery, and history, as well as a life of Atatürk under whom Or ...
(1908-1970), Turkish fighter pilot, staff officer and author
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Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan (; born 27 October 1984) is an Indian cricket commentator, analyst and former player. He was a bowling all-rounder and member of the Indian cricket team that won the inaugural 2007 ICC Twenty20 World Cup and 2013 ICC Champion ...
(born 1984), Indian cricketer
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Irfan Shahid
In Islam, irfan (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: ; ), literally 'knowledge, awareness, wisdom', is a concept in Islamic mysticism akin to gnosis, or spiritual knowledge.
Sunni mysticism
According to the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order, Abdul Qadi ...
(1926-2016), American orientalist
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Irfan Škiljan
IrfanView () is an image viewer, editor, organiser and converter program for Microsoft Windows. It can also play video and audio files, and has some image creation and painting capabilities. IrfanView is free for non-commercial use; commercial ...
, Bosnian computer scientist and programmer
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Irfan Smajlagić
Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and the current coach of Borac Banja Luka. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.
In ...
(born 1961), Croatian handball player
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Irfan Talib
Irfan Talib (Urdu: ) (born 26 January 1986), is a Pakistani cricketer. He was born at Mirpur, Azad Kashmir.
Domestic career List A career
Talib made his List A Cricket, List A debut for Islamabad Leopards against Abbottabad Rhinos in the 2009/ ...
(born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
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Irfan Toker
In Islam, irfan (Arabic/Persian/Urdu: ; ), literally 'knowledge, awareness, wisdom', is a concept in Islamic mysticism akin to gnosis, or spiritual knowledge.
Sunni mysticism
According to the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order, Abdul Qadi ...
(born 1972), Turkish judoka
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Irfan Yusuf
Irfan Yusuf () (born in 1969) is an Australian social commentator and author of the memoir ''Once Were Radicals: My years as a teenage Islamo-fascist''.Irfan Yusuf (2009''Once were radicals – My years as a teenage Islamo-fascist'' Allen and Unwin ...
(born 1969), Pakistani-Australian author
Erfan
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Erfan Ali (born 1983), Qatari basketball player
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Erfan Hajrasuliha
Erfan Hajrasuliha (), known professionally as Erfan Paydar (), is an Iranian rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, and label owner. He is one of the pioneers of Persian Rap. Erfan's "Az Khaneh Ta Goor" (Persian: از خانه تا گور) was ...
(born 1983), Iranian rapper and producer
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Erfan Nasajpour (born 1984), Iranian-Canadian basketball player
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Erfan Zamani (1999–2022), Iranian killed during the
Mahsa Amini protests
Civil unrest and protests against the Government of Iran, government of the Islamic Republic of Iran associated with the Death in custody, death in police custody of Death of Mahsa Amini#Victim, Mahsa Amini () began on 16 September 2022 and ca ...
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Erfan Zeneli (born 1986), Finnish footballer
Middle name
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Mohammad Irfan Ali (born 1985), Indian singer
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Mohd Irfan Fazail (born 1991), Malaysian footballer
Surname
Irfan
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Kareem Irfan, American Islamic community leader
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Mohammed Irfan (Guantanamo detainee 101) (born 1979)
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Mohammed Irfan (Guantanamo detainee 1006) (born 1982)
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Mohammad Irfan
Mohammad Irfan ( Punjabi, ; born 6 June 1982) is a former Pakistani cricketer who has represented Pakistan in Test, ODI and T20 cricket. Known for his height of , he is the tallest player to play first-class and international cricket.
Earl ...
(born 1982), Pakistani cricketer
See also
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Irfan (disambiguation)
References
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Arabic-language surnames
Arabic-language masculine given names
Bosniak given names
Bosnian masculine given names
Iranian masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names
Masculine given names