Farah is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “joy.” In 2024 it was given to 167 girls in the United States.
Farah belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “joy” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Farhaat.
In the United States, Farah first appears in Social Security records in 1960. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #803 in 1976, and in 2024 167 babies received the name — 6,114 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Farah means “joy” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Farah is a girl name. In 2024, 167 babies received the name in the US.
Farah comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition. It is also spelled Farhaat.
Farah first appears in US records in 1960. Its best-ever ranking was #803 in 1976, and 167 babies were given the name in 2024.
Farah is pronounced /ˈfærə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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