Faryal

Faryal ( Faryâl; فَرْيَال Faryāl; Fəryal; Фарёл; فَرْیال; Feryal; فریال Faryāl; Faryol; also anglicized as Farial or Ferial) is a feminine given name of Persian origin used throughout the Muslim world.

It is a compound of the Persian words فر (far) meaning 'splendour' and یال (yâl) meaning 'neck'. The overall meaning of this name is thus 'the one with a beautiful neck, good neck'.

Women with this given name include:
 * Ferial Qadin (died 1902), consort to Ismail Pasha
 * Farial of Egypt (1938–2009), princess
 * Faryal (actress) (born 1945), actress of Indian and Syrian descent
 * Faryal Gohar (born 1959), Pakistani actress
 * Faryal Talpur (born 1958), Pakistani politician
 * Faryal Mehmood, Pakistani-American actress
 * Faryal Makhdoom, wife of Amir Khan
 * Ferial Govashiri, Iranian-American political aide
 * Ferial Karim (1938–1988), Lebanese actress
 * Ferial Ashraff (born 1953), Sri Lankan politician
 * Ferial Haffajee (born 1967), South African journalist
 * Ferial Salhi (born 1967), Algerian fencer
 * Ferial Alibali (1933–2011), Albanian stage actress
 * Ferial Ghazoul, Iraqi scholar
 * Feryal Abdelaziz (born 1999), Egyptian karateka
 * Feryal Clark (born 1979), British politician
 * Feryal Özel (born 1975), Turkish-American astrophysicist