Fares is a boy's name of Arabic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 45 boys in the United States.
Fares belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess. It travels in a few spellings: Faris.
In the United States, Fares first appears in Social Security records in 1976. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2460 in 2012, and in 2024 45 babies received the name — 1,015 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Fares is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Arabic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Fares is a boy name. In 2024, 45 babies received the name in the US.
Fares comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition. It is also spelled Faris.
Fares first appears in US records in 1976. Its best-ever ranking was #2460 in 2012, and 45 babies were given the name in 2024.
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. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. 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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