Across the world, Faras (Faras 
, فرس 
, פארס 
) is a common dominantly boy's, but seldom feminine given name. The first name Faras is habitual in Algeria, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but very infrequently feminine name, Libya, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but very infrequently female name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Algeria, Indonesia, and Egypt. Likewise, Faras is the last name as well as the forename.