- Meaning
- One who tells truth from falsehood
- Arabic
- فاروق
- Say it
- faa-ROOQ
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
Al-Faruq is the title of Umar ibn al-Khattab.
Famous people with this name
- Umar ibn al-Khattab, called al-Faruq
Other spellings
Farooq, Farouk, Faruk
Names from the same root (ف ر ق)
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Questions about Faruq
What does Faruq mean?
Faruq means: One who tells truth from falsehood. Al-Faruq is the title of Umar ibn al-Khattab.
Is Faruq in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Faruq a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Faruq is a boy’s name.
How do you write Faruq in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Faruq is written فاروق.