Farah

Meaning and origin of Farah

Popularity of Farah in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2009.
• Over recent years, Farah has been falling (−6.9% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Farah every 23 schools, all spellings combined.

Farah in English-speaking countries

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  319^th girls’ name13 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,732

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  612^th girls’ name57 babies in 3 years1 girl in 2,710

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  598^th girls’ name16 babies in 3 years1 girl in 4,053

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  744^th girls’ name147 babies in 3 years1 girl in 5,223+5.1% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  687^th girls’ name10 babies in 3 years1 girl in 5,438

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,351^st girls’ name504 babies in 3 years1 girl in 9,587+3% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada) and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Farrah10
• Farha10
• Fara5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Farah

• Firdaws
• Fatou
• Fatma
• Bintou
• Azra
• Hiba
• Hajar
• Tasnime
• Baya
• Amel
• Oumou
• Malak

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin