Fares Pronunciation Arabic: [ˈfaːrɪs] Gender Male Word/name Arabic Meaning Knight Alternative spelling Fares, Farres, Farris, Fariz, Firas, Feras, Ferris
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Faris (fāris فارس ) is an Arabic masculine given name translating to "knight", "horseman" or "cavalier" (see furusiyya ). It has also seen use as western-style surname .
The unrelated Scottish-American surname Faris is an anglicization of MacFergus .
People with the given name include:
Faris is a masculine given name of Arabic origin, which means "knight."[ 1] It may refer to:
Faris Abdalla (born 1994), Sudanese football player
Faris ad-Din Aktai (d. 1254, Cairo), an Emir (prince) and the leader of the Mamluks of the Bahri dynasty.
Faris al-Ansari (b. 1984), Afghani who was seventeen years old when captured and held in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention center
Faris Badwan (born 1986), Palestinian-English musician, lead vocalist of The Horrors, and half of Cat's Eyes
Faris Glubb (1939–2004), British- Jordanian writer, journalist, translator and publisher
Faris Haroun (born 1985), Chadian-Canadian-Belgian football player
Fares Karam , Lebanese singer and dancer
Faris Kermani (born 1952), British film director
Fāris ibn ʿAlī al-Marīni , also known as "Abu Inan Faris" (1329–1358), a Marinid ruler of Morocco
Faris McReynolds (born 1977), American artist and musician
Faris Nimr (1856–1951), Lebanese journalist
Faris Odeh (1985–2000), Palestinian boy shot dead by the Israel Defense Forces near the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip while throwing stones in the second month of the Al-Aqsa Intifada
Faris Al-Sultan (b. 1978), Iraqi-German professional triathlete
Faris al-Zahrani (1977–2016), on Saudi Arabia's list of 'most-wanted' suspected terrorists, later executedFictional characters [ edit ] Faris Scherwiz , alias of a main female character in the video game, Final Fantasy V
Faris NyanNyan, fictional character in the anime series, Steins;Gate The Arabic given name in modern times also came to be used as a surname:
Mustapha Faris (1933–2023), Moroccan statesman and banker.
Muhammed Faris (محمد فارس , 1951-2024), Syrian military aviator.
Iyman Faris (born 1969), Pakistani-American rogue FBI agent working for Al Qaeda (convicted 2003)
Paula Faris (born 1975), American television correspondent
Sadeg Faris Libyan-American inventor and entrepreneurFaris is also an unrelated American surname, originating as the anglicization of the Scottish surname MacFergus .[ 2]
Alexander Faris , Northern Irish composer and conductor
Anna Faris (born 1976), American actress and producer
Basil Favis , Canadian chemist and professor
Ellsworth Faris (1874–1953), American sociologist
George W. Faris (1854–1914), American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana
Herman P. Faris (1858–1936), committed proponent of the temperance movement
Peter Faris (b. 1948), Australian criminal lawyer, media commentator and former radio broadcaster
Sean Faris (born 1982), American actor, model, and producer
Stephan Faris (b. 1973), American journalist
Valerie Faris (b. 1958), American film directors and music video director