Freydun (given name)

Freydun (Persian: فریدون; from the Avestan Θraētaona), is an Iranian masculine given name. Common variations include the names Freidun, Feridun, Faridun, Faredoon, Fereydoon, Ferydoon, Faridoon, Ferydoun, Fereydoun and Fereydun.

Etymology[edit]

All of the forms of the name shown above derive, by regular sound laws, from Proto-Iranian Thraetaona (Θraētaona) and Proto-Indo-Iranian Traitaunas.

Traitaunas is a derivative (with augmentative suffix -una/-auna) of Tritas, the name of a deity or hero reflected in the Vedic Trita and the Avestan Thrita (Θrita). Both names are identical to the adjective meaning "the third", a term used of a minor deity associated with two other deities to form a triad. In the Indian Vedas, Trita is associated with gods of thunder and wind.

Trita is also called Aptya (Āptya), a name that is probably cognate with Athwiya (Āθβiya), the name of father of Thraetaona in the Avestā. Traitaunas may therefore be interpreted as "the great son of the deity Tritas". The name was borrowed from Parthian into Armenian as Hrudēn.

Notable people[edit]

Freydun or Freidun[edit]

Freidun Aghalyan (1876–1994), Armenian architect
Freydun Atturaya (1891–1926), Assyrian physician

Feridun or Faridun[edit]

Feridun Ahmed Bey (died 1583), Ottoman official, bureaucrat, author and military officer
Feridun Aybars (born 1952), Turkish swimmer
Feridun Bilgin (born 1964), Turkish civil servant and politician, former Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication
Feridun Buğeker (1933–2014), Turkish football player
Feridun Cemal Erkin (1899–1980), Turkish diplomat and politician
Feridun Düzağaç (born 1968), Turkish singer
Feridun Hamdullahpur (born 1953/54), Turkish-Canadian academic
Feridun Karakaya (1922–2004), Turkish comedy actor
Faridun Muhiddinov, Tajikistani engineer and politician
Faridun Nahar Laili, Bangladeshi politician
Feridun Sinirlioğlu (born 1956), Turkish diplomat and civil servant
Feridun Sungur (born 1984), Turkish football player
Feridun Zaimoğlu (born 1964), German author and visual artist of Turkish origin

Faridoon or Faredoon[edit]

Faridoon Abadan (1946–????), Pakistani politician
Faredoon Irani, Indian cinematographer
Faridoon Sharipov (born 1997), Tajikistani footballer

Fereydoon or Ferydoon[edit]

Fereydoon Batmanghelidj (1931–2004), Iranian medical doctor
Fereydoon Family (born 1945), Persian physicist
Ferydoon Hemmati (born 1960), Iranian politician
Fereydoon Hoveyda (1924–2006), Iranian diplomat, writer and thinker
Fereydoon Farrokhzad (1936–1992), Persian singer, actor, poet, TV and Radio host, writer, and political opposition figure
Fereydoon Fazli (born 1971), Iranian football player
Fereydoon Foroughi (1951–2001), Iranian singer
Fereydoon Mirza (1810–1855), the 5th son of Abbas Mirza, then crown prince of Persia
Fereydoon Moshiri (1926–2000), contemporary Persian poet
Fereydoon Motamed (1917–1993), Iranian professor and linguist
Ferydoon Zandi (born 1979), Iranian football midfielder

Fereydoun or Ferydoun[edit]

Fereydoun Aghazadeh, professor of industrial engineering
Fereydoun Ala (born 1931), Iranian physician and academician
Fereydoun Davatchi, Iranian medical professor
Fereydoun Djam (1914–2008), Iranian military official
Fereydoun Farrokhzad (1938–1992), Iranian showman, host, poet, actor, political activist, singer, humanitarian and writer
Fereydoun Ghanbari (1977–2021), Iranian wrestler
Fereydoun Jeyrani (born 1951), Iranian film director, screenwriter and television presenter
Fereydoun Keshavarz (1907–2006), Iranian physician and politician
Fereydoun Kian, Iranian military officer
Fereydoun Mahdavi (1932–2014), Iranian politician and economist
Fereydoun Mirza Qajar (1922–1975), Iranian nobleman
Fereydoun Moeini (born 1946), Iranian footballer
Fereydoun Rahnema (1930–1975), Iranian film director and poet
Ferydoun Sadeghi (before 1930–2005), Iranian basketball player

Fereydun[edit]

Fereydun, Iranian mythical king and hero
Fereydun Adamiyat (1920–2008), Iranian historian
Fereydun Robert "Fred" Armisen (born 1966), American comedian and actor
Fereydun Gole (1942–2005), Iranian screenwriter
Fereydun Khan Cherkes (died 1620/21), Safavid official and military commander