Farah, or Farrah, is a feminine given name in Arabic and Persian, among other languages. Derived from the concept of Khvarenah (divine radiance, halo) in Zoroastrianism, it has more recently risen in popularity in the Anglosphere due to association with the American celebrities Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009) and Farrah Abraham (born 1991); the name Farrah was among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls in the United States between 1976 and 1980, between 1987 and 1988, and again between 2010 and 2016.^[1][2][3]

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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

Farah (Arabic: فَرَح , faraḥ), the same as the Arabic meaning as mentioned above.

Farrah/ Khwarrah (Pahlavi: xwarrah) or Khvaraenah (Avestan: xᵛarənah), in Avestan or Pahlavi meaning 'glory'. The Avestan or Pahlavi word-name used in Zoroastrian texts or name and is completely different from the Arabic.

• Oisín Gallen, Gaelic footballer

• Farah, a character in the American television series Sleeper Cell, played by Sarah Shahi
• Farah Black, a character in the American television series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, played by Jade Eshete
• Farah, a character in the video game series Prince of Persia
• Farah Oersted, a character in the video game Tales of Eternia
• Fareeha Amari, known as Pharah, a character in the videogame Overwatch
• Farah Karim, a character in the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
• Amy Farrah Fowler, a character in the American television series The Big Bang Theory, played by Mayim Bialik

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• Pharah, a character in the Overwatch video game

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