Faridun
The name of a legendary Persian king, carrying the sense of "victorious". Just over forty men in Poland use it, so most Poles have never met one.
Faridun Pronunciation
Faridun is pronounced fah-REE-doon (/faˈridun/).
What Faridun means
Where Faridun comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Faridun is the modern spelling of Fereydun, the hero-king of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. He belongs to the Pishdadian line, and the poem names him the ruler who overthrew the tyrant Zahhak. Persian tradition made him an emblem of victory and justice.
The origin sits deeper than the epic. Behind Fereydun stands the Avestan Thraetaona, a figure who slays the three-headed dragon Aži Dahāka. Scholars read Thraetaona as "belonging to the third," while the popular sense, the one that reached the name, is victorious, the king who strikes the evil one down.
Today Faridun is a living name in Tajik, where it keeps the older shape. A boy named Faridun on a Polish class register keeps the same syllables Ferdowsi wrote a thousand years ago.
The short meaning stays plain. Faridun means victorious, and it names the king who broke Zahhak.
How many people are named Faridun
1 in 520639 men in Poland is named Faridun. 41 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6024 among male names.