Farah (name)
Farah or Farrah is a feminine and occasionally masculine given name in Arabic, Persian or Urdu. Arabic Farah (Arabic: فَرَح , faraḥ) is an Arabic female given name and sometimes male given name meaning "happiness, joy, gladness, gleefulness, joyful, joyfulness, merriment, rejoice" The name is based on the Arabic root ف ر ح (f-r-ḥ), variants from the root are: Faruh/ Farouh (Arabic: فَرُوح, farūḥ) - male given name Farhat/ Farhaat (Arabic: فَرْحَات, farḥāt) - male given name (but the written form is in the female plural form), the female form below is Farhah. Farhan/ Farhaan (Arabic: فَرْحَان, farḥān) - male given name Afrah/ Afraah (Arabic: أَفْرَاح, afrāḥ) - female given name in the plural or superlative form Fariha/ Fareeha (Arabic: فَرِيحَة, farīḥah) - female given name Farhah (Arabic: فَرْحَة, farḥah) - female given name, the female form of Farhaat above Farhah/ Faarhah (Arabic: فَارْحَة, fārḥah) - gender-neutral form, uncommonly used Farah/ Faarah (Arabic: فَارَح, fāraḥ) - gender-neutral form, uncommonly used Persian Farah (Arabic: فَرَح , faraḥ), the same as the Arabic meaning as mentioned above. Farrah/ Khwarrah (Pahlavi: xwarrah) or Khvaraenah (Avestan: ), in Avestan or Pahlavi meaning 'glory'. The Avestan or Pahlavi word-name used in Zoroastrian texts or name