Farooq

Farooq (Arabic فاروق ) is a variant of Faruq an Arabic male first name and family name. It has the meaning "one who can distinguish right from wrong " or " someone who recognizes the truth ," and goes back to the nickname of the second Caliph Umar ibn al - Khattab. The Turkish form of the name is Faruk.

Bearers of the name

First name

• Farooq Aziz (born 1978 ), Pakistani football player

Form Faruq

• Faruq Z. Bey (1942-2012), American jazz musician, composer and lyricist
• Faruq al - Qadumi ( born 1931 ), Palestinian politicians
• Faruq Saleem (born 1973 ), American boxer

Form Faruk

• Faruk Vražalić (* 1990), Bosnian - Herzegovinian handball player

Family name

• Imran Farooq (1960-2010), Pakistani politicians
• Nilam M. Farooq (* 1989), German actress
• Tariq Farooq (born 1954 ), Austrian badminton players

Ruler

• Faruq (1920-1965), King of Egypt (1936-1952)