In the entire world, فریدون (فریدون 
, Feridun 
, Fereydoon 
) is quite a rare boy's forename. The first name فریدون is habitual in Afghanistan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Israel, and Turkey, where it is a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Afghanistan, Turkey, and Iran. Much less frequently, فریدون is the last name as well as the forename.
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| فریدون | Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey |
| Feridun | Germany, Iran, France, United States, Turkey |
| Fereydoon | Germany, Iran, Israel, France, United States |
| Fereydun | Iran, Italy, Canada, United States, United Kingdom |
فریدون is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Fereydun , the Iranian mythical king and hero from the Pishdadian dynasty, Shahnameh.
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فریدون آتورایا Assyrian physician and nationalist, IR (b. 1891) |
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فریدون آدمیت social historian, IR (b. 1920) |
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فریدون قاجار Qajar prince (1922-1975), IR (b. 1922) |
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فریدون هویدا Iranian writer and diplomat (1924-2006), IR (b. 1924) |
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| فریدون ملکم fencer, IR (b. 1875) |
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فریدون فرخزاد Iranian entertainer (1938-1992), IR (b. 1938) |
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فریدون جنیدی Iranian writer and historian, IR (b. 1939) |
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فریدون گرایلی Iranian teacher, writer, poet and historian (1942-2000), IR (b. 1942) |
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فریدون شهبازیان Iranian composer, IR (b. 1942) |
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فریدون ایزدستا IR (b. 1940) |
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فریدون فروغی Iranian musician, IR (b. 1951) |
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فریدون علی‌مازندرانی Iranian Fighter pilot, IR (b. 1951) |
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فریدون جیرانی Iranian film producer, cinematographer, screenwriter and film director, IR (b. 1951) |
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فریدون آسرایی Iranian singer, IR (b. 1956) |
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| فریدون کشاورز Iranian politician, IR (b. 1907) |
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