Faris (name)

Faris (fāris فارس) is an Arabic and Croatian masculine given name translating to "knight," "horseman," or "cavalier" (see furusiyya). It is also common as a western-style surname and is widely used in the Balkans, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The unrelated Scottish-American surname Faris is an anglicization of MacFergus.

Fares

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈfaːrɪs]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	Knight
Other names
Alternative spelling	Fares, Farres, Farris, Fariz, Firas, Feras, Ferris

It may refer to:

Given name

People

• Faris Abdalla (born 1994), Sudanese football player
• Faris ad-Din Aktai (died 1254), an emir and the leader of the Mamluks of the Bahri dynasty
• Faris al-Ansari (born 1984), Afghani held in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention center
• Faris Badwan (born 1986), Palestinian-English musician, lead vocalist of The Horrors and half of Cat's Eyes
• Faris Glubb (1939–2004), British-Jordanian writer, journalist, translator and publisher
• Faris Haroun (born 1985), Chadian-Canadian-Belgian football player
• Faris Kermani (born 1952), British film director
• Fāris ibn ʿAlī al-Marīni, also known as "Abu Inan Faris" (1329–1358), a Marinid ruler of Morocco
• Faris McReynolds (born 1977), American artist and musician
• Faris Nimr (1856–1951), Lebanese journalist
• Faris Odeh (1985–2000), Palestinian boy shot dead by the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip while throwing stones
• Faris Al-Sultan (born 1978), Iraqi-German triathlete
• Faris al-Zahrani (1977–2016), on Saudi Arabia's list of 'most-wanted' suspected terrorists, later executed

Fictional characters

• Faris NyanNyan, in the anime series Steins;Gate
• Faris Scherwiz, alias of a main female character in the video game Final Fantasy V

Surname

• Alexander Faris, Northern Irish composer and conductor
• Anna Faris (born 1976), American actress and producer
• Basil Favis, Canadian chemist and professor
• Ellsworth Faris (1874–1953), American sociologist
• George W. Faris (1854–1914), American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana
• Herman P. Faris (1858–1936), proponent of the Temperance movement
• Mustapha Faris (1933–2023), Moroccan statesman and banker
• Muhammed Faris (1951-2024), Syrian military aviator
• Iyman Faris (born 1969), convicted Pakistani-American rogue FBI agent working for Al Qaeda
• Paula Faris (born 1975), American television correspondent
• Peter Faris (born 1948), Australian criminal lawyer, media commentator and former radio broadcaster
• Sadeg Faris, Libyan-American inventor and entrepreneur
• Sean Faris (born 1982), American actor, model, and producer
• Stephan Faris (born 1973), American journalist
• Valerie Faris (born 1958), American film directors and music video director

See also

• Fares (name)
• Farris (surname)
• Ferris (name)