Farkhod
A name meaning "fortunate, glorious", carried by just 122 men in Poland and given to no newborn in years. Most Poles have never met one, so meeting a Farkhod would stick.
Farkhod Pronunciation
Farkhod is pronounced FAHRK-khot (/ˈfarkxɔt/).
What Farkhod means
Where Farkhod comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Farkhod means fortunate, glorious. In Polish that reads szczęśliwy, pomyślny. The name works as a good sign more than a label for a person.
The word behind it likely comes from Persian farrukh, "auspicious, fortunate," which name dictionaries trace to a Middle Persian form built on the element farr, an old word for good luck. So the root is documented rather than a folk guess. The same root gave the name of Farrukhsiyar, a Mughal emperor of the early eighteenth century, so it leaves a checkable trail through history. Beside the sense of luck grew a second sense of glory, and both meanings still live in the name.
Read a Polish school register with Farkhod on it and the name stands apart from Kacper and Zuzanna. The child who carries it holds a meaning that is easy to translate and hard to mistake: fortunate, glorious.
How many people are named Farkhod
1 in 174969 men in Poland is named Farkhod. 122 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3040 among male names.