Faruq is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “the one who distinguishes between right and wrong.” In England & Wales it was given to 4 boys in 2018.
Faruq belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “the one who distinguishes between right and wrong” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Faruq first appears in Social Security records in 1972. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5218 in 1972, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 86 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Faruq means “the one who distinguishes between right and wrong” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Faruq is a boy name. In England & Wales, 4 babies received the name in 2018.
Faruq comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Faruq first appears in US records in 1972. Its best-ever ranking was #5218 in 1972, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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