Faris (name)

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.

Given name
People with the given name include: Faris is a masculine given name of Arabic origin, which means "knight." 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 executed

Fictional characters

 * 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

Surname
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 entrepreneur

Faris is also an unrelated American surname, originating as the anglicization of the Scottish surname MacFergus.
 * 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