Farooq

Persian: [fɒːˈɾuːɣ]
English: /fɑːˈruːk/GenderMaleOriginLanguage(s)ArabicMeaningThe one who distinguishes between right and wrong

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."

Given name

Farouk

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

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

Muhammed Sharif al-Faruqi Responsible for initiating Arab revolt from the Ottomans.

Faruk

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

Farouk

Bakhtier Farouk, engineer and published author
El Amry Farouk (1970–2024), Egyptian businessman and politician
Nabil Farouk (1956–2020), Egyptian novelist

Farook

Hunais Farook (born 1973), a Sri Lankan politician
Syed Rizwan Farook (1987–2015), a perpetrator of the 2015 San Bernardino attack

Farooq

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

Surname list

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