# Faraz

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**Faraz** is a masculine given name and surname of [Persian](/source/Persian_language) origin and means "elevation". It is inherited from [Middle Persian](/source/Middle_Persian) [Book Pahlavi needed] (*prʾc*), 𐫜𐫡𐫀𐫝. Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

- [Faraz Ahmed](/source/Faraz_Ahmed) (born 1984), Pakistani first-class cricketer
- [Faraz Akram](/source/Faraz_Akram) (born 1993), Zimbabwean cricketer
- [Faraz Ali](/source/Faraz_Ali) (born 1993), Pakistani first-class cricketer
- [Faraz Anwar](/source/Faraz_Anwar) (born 1977), Pakistani Progressive metal guitarist, both solo and in the band *Mizraab*
- [Faraz Dero](/source/Faraz_Dero) (born 1980), Pakistani Provincial Minister of Sindh for Auqaf, Religious Affairs, and Zakat and Ushr
- [Faraz Emamali](/source/Faraz_Emamali) (born 1995), Iranian football forward
- [Faraz Fatemi](/source/Faraz_Fatemi) (born 1977), Iranian footballer
- [Faraz Fatmi](/source/Faraz_Fatmi) (born 1982), Indian politician belonging to Janata Dal (United)
- [Faraz Jaka](/source/Faraz_Jaka) (born 1985), American professional poker player and businessman
- [Faraz Javed](/source/Faraz_Javed) (born 1984), television journalist, presenter, and producer in the US and United Arab Emirates
- [Faraz Kamalvand](/source/Faraz_Kamalvand) (born 1976), Iranian football coach
- [Faraz Khan](/source/Faraz_Khan) (born 1993), American professional squash player
- [Faraz Rabbani](/source/Faraz_Rabbani) (born 1974), scholar and researcher of Islamic law and translator from Arabic to English
- [Faraz Waqar](/source/Faraz_Waqar) (born 1976), Pakistani filmmaker, writer and film director

## Surname

- [Ahmed Faraz](/source/Ahmed_Faraz) (1931–2008), Urdu poet
- [Mostafa Mousavi Faraz](/source/Mostafa_Mousavi_Faraz) (born 1944), Iranian Twelver Shia ayatollah
- [Shibli Faraz](/source/Shibli_Faraz), Pakistani politician, Minister of Science and Technology

## See also

- [Shirin Faraz F.C.](/source/Shirin_Faraz_F.C.), an Iranian football club based in Kermanshah, Iran
- [Faraaz](/source/Faraaz)

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