Farhan or Farhaan is an Arabic masculine given name which means "happy, joyful, blessed, delightful, rejoicing, merry, inclined to hopefulness". The name is the male variant from the female stem given name Farah, and is widely used in West Asia, North Africa and South Asia. It is a variant of Farhang and Ferhan as well.

Notable people with these names include:

Farhan

• Farhan Akhtar (born 1974), Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playback singer and television host
• Farhan Khan (actor) (born 1983), Indian actor
• Farhan Lalji, Canadian sports reporter
• Farhan Nizami, South Asian historian
• Farhan Saeed (born 1984), Pakistani singer-songwriter and actor
• Farhan Saleh (born 1947), Lebanese writer and militant
• Farhan Zaidi (born 1976), Canadian-American baseball executive of Pakistani descent
• Farhan al-Qadi (born 1972), Israeli-Bedouin kidnapped during the October 7 attacks

Farhaan

• Farhaan Behardien (born 1983), South African cricketer
• Farhaan Faasil, stage name of Ismail Fazil (born 1990), Indian actor in Malayalam cinema
• Farhaan Sayanvala (born 1997), South African cricketer

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