Boy
Ferhat
Ferhat is a traditional boys’ name associated with happiness and familiar from the love story of Ferhat and Şirin.
Meaning
Sources commonly give Ferhat the meanings happy and cheerful. These meanings lend the name a simple association with joy.
Origin
Ferhat has Persian roots, with some accounts linking it to the word ferr. It is also well known in Turkish culture through the story of Ferhat and Şirin.
In recent years
Long among the most chosen boys’ names, Ferhat remains a familiar classic from earlier generations. It is absent from the latest official top hundred, but its highest position on earlier lists was 29.
How does it look on a plaque?
Ferhat alongside a birth date on a Meşgalem wooden name plaque makes a warm, simple keepsake for a nursery shelf.
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