MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Farooq mean?
Farooq comes from Arabic fārūq, an intensive term for one who distinguishes or separates. As a title and personal name it is conventionally understood as discerning truth from falsehood.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
फ़ारूक़
Conventional spelling
Arabic
فاروق
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
फारूक
19,159 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
फारूख
15,090 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
फारुक
11,375 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
फारुख
8,505 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Farooq in Indian usage
26,798 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 725 records (2.7%).
- Recorded as male: 26,073 records (97.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 527 |
| 1950s | 1,662 |
| 1960s | 3,800 |
| 1970s | 6,054 |
| 1980s | 8,183 |
| 1990s | 6,412 |
| Other decades | 160 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 12,144 |
| Rajasthan | 4,663 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,616 |
| Maharashtra | 1,728 |
| Haryana | 1,099 |
| Bihar | 1,018 |
| Uttarakhand | 705 |
| Jharkhand | 568 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 531 |
| Kerala | 318 |
| Delhi | 200 |
| Other states | 208 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
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