The baby name Ferhat is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced fehr-HAHT.
The baby name Ferhat is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced fehr-HAHT.
Ferhat is Arabic, Persian, Turkish in Origin.
Ferhat is the Turkish form of Persian Farhād, written فرهاد, a masculine Iranian name whose earliest clearly relevant form is Parthian Frahāt, represented in Greek as Phraates. Turkish spelling reflects final devoicing, so Persian -d appears as -t. The older Iranian etymology is debated; in modern Turkish the name is often linked with ferah, from Arabic faraḥ, joy or relief, giving the common explanation joy, happiness.
Across Turkish usage, Ferhat is inseparable from the Persian romance of Farhād and Shīrīn, especially through Niẓāmī’s twelfth-century Khusraw o Shīrīn and later Ottoman retellings, where Ferhat is the devoted stonecutter. Forms include Persian Farhad or Farhād, Azerbaijani Fərhad, Turkish Ferhad as an older spelling, and historical Greek Phraates for the Parthian royal name. The name remains masculine in Turkey and among Turkish-speaking communities in Europe.
| Ferhat Abbas Ferhat Abbas was an Algerian politician best known for leading Algeria’s provisional government during the war of independence and serving as the country’s first acting head of state after independence. He was also the first president of the National Assembly and began his career by campaigning for equal rights and French citizenship for Algerian Muslims. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM | Boys | 0 | #35 | 2 | 614 |
| AZ | 0 | #43 | 1 | 706 | |
| TR | 0 | #56 | 38,875 | 19,440 | |
| JP | 0 | #76 | 2 | 4,057 | |
| KZ | 0 | #93 | 2 | 1,452 | |
| GE | Boys | 0 | #105 | 6 | 2,055 |
| QA | 0 | #105 | 2 | 7,011 | |
| EC | 0 | #121 | 1 | 2,502 | |
| AZ | Boys | 0 | #128 | 4 | 1,400 |
| GR | 0 | #134 | 2 | 3,911 | |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #135 | 3 | 1,769 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #151 | 1 | 2,166 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2006 | #167 | 3 | 1,128 |
| DK | 0 | #192 | 12 | 5,198 | |
| RU | 0 | #194 | 1 | 3,641 | |
| Austria | 0 | #198 | 16 | 850 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #203 | 17 | 3,850 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #208 | 4 | 3,402 |
| PL | 0 | #212 | 1 | 2,600 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #219 | 2 | 4,970 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #227 | 1 | 4,141 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #231 | 1 | 3,559 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #269 | 57 | 7,401 |
| DZ | 0 | #269 | 2,612 | 20,130 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #269 | 5 | 6,912 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #278 | 12 | 6,578 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #280 | 19 | 5,122 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #300 | 4 | 7,909 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #301 | 145 | 2,180 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #304 | 2 | 6,530 |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #329 | 1 | 7,429 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #334 | 7 | 6,459 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #354 | 5 | 7,678 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| NL | 0 | #374 | 18 | 2,481 | |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #378 | 860 | 5,697 |
| Germany | 0 | #379 | 59 | 2,542 | |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #381 | 7 | 2,865 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #387 | 3 | 7,057 |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #459 | 8 | 10,523 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #490 | 16 | 12,621 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #509 | 2 | 10,188 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #524 | 2 | 11,303 |
| LY | 0 | #524 | 12 | 12,703 | |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #553 | 115 | 13,071 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #557 | 9 | 10,162 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #557 | 5 | 10,655 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #586 | 2 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #612 | 358 | 5,873 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #621 | 5 | 10,983 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #653 | 30 | 3,552 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| SY | 0 | #708 | 21 | 11,684 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #737 | 7 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #799 | 8 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #820 | 10 | 13,765 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #862 | 20 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #918 | 8 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #925 | 2 | 14,506 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| MA | 0 | #1,111 | 18 | 20,986 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,135 | 9 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,393 | 79 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,514 | 101 | 28,008 |
Ferhat is popular in 59 countries — most recent births per country:
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