Entry № 3417 · Persian origin

Forough Forough — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ foh-ROOGH /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Light (iconic Forough Farrokhzad Persian poet)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Persian)

A name that means "light (iconic forough farrokhzad persian poet)".

Forough is from the Persian forūgh (فروغ — light, brightness, splendor). Princess Forough — Persian heritage naming.

Light (Persian). Iconic Forough Farrokhzad — 20th-c. Iranian poet feminist voice + The House Is Black Oberhausen Grand Prix 1963 + Iranian New Wave.

The name in its native script.

فروغ
Transliteration
Forūgh
Pronunciation
/ foʊˈruːx /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Forough stands.

Forough does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Foroughs before her.

Real people
Forough Farrokhzad
Iconic Iranian poet + Iranian New Wave filmmaker.
1934 – 1967
In fiction
Forough
Persian light/brightness.

Names connected to Forough.

The number behind Forough.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Forough reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.