Farhan or Farhaan is a name which means "happy, joyful, blessed, delightful, rejoicing, merry, inclined to hopefulness". The name is the male variant from the female stem given name Farah, and is widely used in West Asia, North Africa and South Asia.
Notable people with these names include:
Babar, also variously spelled as Baber, Babur, and Babor is a male given name of Pashto, and Persian origin, and a popular male given name in Pakistan. It is generally taken in reference to the Persian babr, meaning "tiger". There is a similar name in connotation to the Arabic male given form and generic name of the animal by the name "Nimr" which means "yellow-black stripped cat", i.e. "tiger".
Parvēz, Pērvaz, Parviz or Parvīs, is a Persian male given name, mostly popular in Iran, Central Asia, South Asia and among Azeris. It is also a common surname.
Junayd or Junaid or Junayed and sometimes Jounaid is a male given name which means soldier or warrior.
Zeeshan, Zishan, Zeshaan or Zeshan is an Arabic given name, simply translated as "princely". This word is also used in Persian, Urdu and sometimes in Turkish poetry as an adjective.
Irfan is an Arabic/Persian male given name, meaning "knowledge", "awareness", "learning", and "wisdom".
Khan is an ancient Indo-European surname and in the variant of 'Khan' of Turko-Mongol origin, used as a title in various global regions, and today most commonly found in parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan and Iran. In the Caribbean the surname is largely carried by Muslims of Indo-Caribbean descent. In Bengal this surname is used by many Hindu communities like Brahmin, Kayastha, Bagdi etc. The use of this surname among Hindu communities in Bengal started during Sultani period after great Vaishnavite poet Maladhar Basu was honoured by the name 'Gunaraj Khan'. It is derived from the historic title khan, referring to military chief or royalty. It originated as a hereditary title among nomadic tribes in the Central and Eastern Eurasian Steppe during antiquity and was popularized by Afghan dynasties in the rest of Asia as well as in Eastern Europe during the medieval period.
Imran, also transliterated as Emran is an Arabic name. The name Imran is found in the Quranic chapter called House of ʿImrān.
Akhtar means "star" in Persian and is used in Pashto for Nowruz and Eid Day. It is also a common surname. A variant spelling is Akhter.
Amjad, is a male name used as first and surname in Asia and Middle East.
Rana is a given name and surname of multiple origins.
Jamshēd or Jamshīd, also spelled as Jamshed, Jamshid, Jamshaid, Jamsheed, Cemşid, Jamshet, or Jamset, is a Persian masculine given name. It is a common name in Iran, Central Asia and among Muslims and Parsis of South Asia. It may refer to the following:
Khalil or Khaleel means friend and is a common male first name in the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common surname. It is also used amongst Turkic peoples of Russia and African Americans. Abraham is given the title Khalīl-ullah in Islam. The female counterpart of this name is Khalila or Khaleela.
ʿAbd al-Jabbār is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Jabbār, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-compeller".
Adeel is a Muslim male name in South Asia.
Imran Khan is a Pakistani former cricketer and politician who was the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan.
Farah, or Farrah, is a feminine given name in Arabic and Persian, among other languages. Derived from the concept of Khvarenah 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 ; 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.
Raja is a common given name and a surname, derived from Sanskrit राजन् (rajan), meaning "king", "ruler".
Nizami, also spelled Nezami, is both a surname and a given name of Iranin origin which have its relationship with Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya. It is popular in the Middle East, South Asia and the Caucasus. Notable people with the name include:
Farhan Khan may refer to:
Nayar or Nayyar is a surname that is found among Khatri community which are majorly Hindus with a minority of Sikhs and Muslims. The belong to the "Sareen" division among the Khatris. They were mostly concentrated in the Majha region especially in the districts of Gujrat, Lahore, Okara, Nankana Sahib and Sialkot before 1947. Nayyar families were known to have been qanungos (governors) in the town of Kunjah in Gujrat district, Punjab.