Farrokh

Farrokh (Persian: فرّخ‎, meaning fortunate and happy), also transliterated as Farrukh, is a popular given name for boys and also a common surname in Iran, Central Asia and among Muslim and Zoroastrians in South Asia. Some prominent individuals with the name include:

• Farrukh Hormizd, army chief (spahbed) of northern Iran during the late Sasanian period
• Farrukh Ahmed, a Bangladeshi poet
• Farrukh Amonatov, a Tajik chess player
• Farrokh Bulsara, known as Freddie Mercury, a British rock musician and founding member of the band Queen
• Farrukh Zakirov, an Uzbek composer, singer and artistic director of the famous in ex-USSR band Yalla
• Farrukh Dhondy, a British writer
• Ahmad-i Farrokh, a 12th-century Persian physician
• Farrukh Quraishi, a retired Iranian-American football player
• Farrukh Yassar, the Shirvanshah (king of Shirvan, r. 1465–1500)

See also

• Farrokhzad (disambiguation)