Farhan or Farhaan is an Arabic name which means "happy, joyful, blessed, delightful, rejoicing, merry, inclined to hopefulness". The name is the male variant from the female stem given name Farah, and is widely used in

West Asia West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions, the subregion consists of Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Mesopotamia, the Armenian ...

North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...

and

South Asia South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's populatio ...

. It is a variant of

Farhang Farhang () means 'culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitu ...

as well. Notable people with these names include:

Farhan

Farhan Akhtar Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and singer who works in Hindi films. Born to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he established the production company Excel Entertainment, along with Ritesh Sidhwa ...

(born 1974), Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playback singer and television host * Farhan Khan (actor) (born 1983), Indian actor *

Farhan Lalji Farhan Lalji is a Vancouver-based sports reporter and the Vancouver Bureau Reporter for The Sports Network, TSN's SportsCentre. He previously anchored ''SportsCentre, SportsDesk'' between 1997 and 2000. Career Lalji joined TSN in 1997 as an a ...

, Canadian sports reporter * Farhan Nizami, South Asian historian *

Farhan Saeed Farhan Saeed (born 14 September 1984) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur. Saeed is the former lead vocalist of the Pakistani band Jal and owns the Cafe Rock restaurant in Lahore. He sings in Urdu and Punjabi. He made hi ...

(born 1984), Pakistani singer-songwriter and actor * Farhan Saleh (born 1947), Lebanese writer and militant *

Farhan Zaidi Farhan Zaidi (born November 11, 1976) is a Canadian professional baseball executive. He has also served as president of baseball operations for the San Francisco Giants, general manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and as assistant general mana ...

(born 1976), Canadian-American baseball executive of Pakistani descent * Farhan Alanazi (born 1995) One of the firefighters is a hazardous material.

Farhaan

* Farhaan Behardien (born 1983), South African cricketer * Farhaan Faasil, stage name of Ismail Fazil (born 1990), Indian actor in Malayalam cinema * Farhaan Sayanvala (born 1997), South African cricketer {{given name