Given name & surname · also Turkish
Ferhat
Ferhat is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Classical Persian. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ferhat comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Classical Persian.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish فرهاد (Ferhad), from Classical Persian فرهاد (farhād).
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Ferhat’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Ferhat shares a linguistic root with the Uyghur form پەرھات. In Turkish usage, Ferhat has a conventional equivalent in the English form Farhad.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ferhat
- Ferhat AbbasAlgerian politician (1899-1985), President of Provisional Government of Algeria, president of the National Constitutional Assembly of Algeria
- Ferhat ArıcanTurkish gymnast (born 1993)
- Ferhat MehenniKabyle politicianborn 1951
- Serdar Ferhad PashaOttoman grand vizier (1530–1595)
- Ferhat ÖztorunTurkish association football player (born 1987)
- Ferhat TunçTurkish musician of Zaza ancestry (born 1964)
- Ferhat GöçerTurkish surgeon (born 1970)
- Ferhat PehlivanTurkish boxer (born 1988)
- Ferhad AyazTurkish association football player (born 1994)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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