Farukh
An Arabic name meaning "fortunate" or "auspicious". In Poland it stays rare: fewer than 40 men carry it, and no boys were given it last year.
Farukh Pronunciation
Farukh is pronounced FAH-rookkh (/ˈfarukx/).
What Farukh means
Where Farukh comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Farukh comes from Persian, where the word farrukh means fortunate, auspicious, happy. The origin lies outside Arabic. Still, the name spread across the Arabic-speaking and wider Muslim world, and that spread is why many readers file it as Arabic.
History gives it a throne. Farrukhsiyar ruled as Mughal emperor from 1713 to 1719, his title resting on that same Persian root. The sense stayed bright across centuries of use: good luck, a happy outcome, a life that turns out well. Across Iran, Central Asia, and South Asia, a boy given this name is handed a small wish for good fortune.
In Poland the name is rare, and it keeps no place in the Catholic name-day calendar. A boy called Farukh could easily be the only one on his school class register. No imieniny marks his day, so the name stands on its own meaning rather than a saint. What it says is plain and old: fortunate, from the Persian farrukh.
How many people are named Farukh
1 in 547338 men in Poland is named Farukh. 39 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6216 among male names.