Given name & surname
Farouk
“one who knows the truth”
Farouk is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who knows the truth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who knows the truth.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Farouk through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 282
- 282 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,839 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,839 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 884 as a first name in 2020; 245 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Farouk’s family of names
Farouk has a related form in Faruk. Farouk has a related form in Faruq. Farouk has a related form in Farouq.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Farouk
- Farouk of EgyptKing of Egypt 1936 to 19521920–1965
- Farouk Ben MustaphaTunisian association football playerborn 1989
- Farouk al-SharaaSyrian politician and diplomat (born 1938)
- Faruq al-QaddumiPalestinian politician (1931-2024)
- Farouk HosnyEgyptian artist (born 1938)
- Farouk El-BazEgyptian scientistborn 1938
- Farouk Aliu MahamaGhanaian politicianborn 1981
- Farouk ShoushaEgyptian poet1936–2016
- Farouk BelkaïdAlgerian footballerborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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