Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; Arabic: فاروق, romanized: Fārūq) is a common Arabic given and family name. Al-Fārūq literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong."
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| Pronunciation | Literary Arabic: [fɑːˈruːq, faːˈruːq, fæːˈruːq] Egyptian Arabic: [fɑˈɾuːʔ] Levantine Arabic: [faːˈruːʔ] Persian: [fɒːˈɾuːɣ] English: /fɑːˈruːk/ |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Meaning | The one who distinguishes between right and wrong |
Given name
editFarouk
edit- Farouk of Egypt (1920–1965), King of Egypt and the Sudan
- Farouk El-Baz (born 1938), scientist
- Farouk Hosny (born 1938), painter
- Farouk Janeman (1953–2013), Fijian athlete
- Farouk Kaddoumi (born 1931), Palestinian leader
- Farouk Kamoun (born 1946), Tunisian scientist
- Farouk Lawan (born 1962), Nigerian politician
- Farouk Seif Al Nasr (1922–2009), Egyptian politician
- Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman
- Farouk al-Sharaa (born 1938), Syrian politician
- Farouk Tebbal, Algerian politician
Farooq
edit- Farooq Abdullah (born 1937), Indian politician
- Farooq Kathwari, United States businessman
- Farooq Kperogi, Nigerian academic
- Farooq Leghari (1940–2010), eighth President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997
- Farooq Mughal, American politician from Georgia
- Farooq Naek (born 1950), Pakistani lawyer
- Farooq Sheikh (1948–2013), Indian actor
- Farooq Shah (born 1985), Pakistani footballer
- Faarooq, ring name of professional wrestler Ron Simmons (born 1958)
- Farooque (1948–2023), Bangladeshi actor
Farooqi
edit- Muhammed Sharif al-Faruqi Responsible for initiating Arab revolt from the Ottomans.
Faruk
edit- Faruk Cömert (born 1946), Turkish military officer
- Faruk Çelik (born 1956), Turkish politician
- Faruk Gül, Turkish and American economist and academic
- Faruk Šehić (born 1970), Bosnian poet
- Faruk Sükan (1921–2005), Turkish physician and politician
- Faruk Süren (born 1945), Turkish businessman
- Faruk Türünz (born 1944), Turkish luthier
- Faruk Yiğit (born 1968), Turkish footballer
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Surname
editFarouk
edit- Bakhtier Farouk, engineer and published author
- El Amry Farouk (1970–2024), Egyptian businessman and politician
- Nabil Farouk (1956–2020), Egyptian novelist
Farook
edit- Hunais Farook (born 1973), a Sri Lankan politician
- Syed Rizwan Farook (1987–2015), a perpetrator of the 2015 San Bernardino attack
Farooq
edit- Mohammad Farooq or Muhammad Farooq, several people
- Mohammad Farooq (cricketer, born 1938), Pakistani cricketer
- Muhammad Farooq Khan (1956–2010), Pakistani psychiatrist
- Mir Waiz Umar Farooq, Kashmiri separatist leader.
- Ravee Farooq, Maldivian actor, director, editor and choreographer
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