Girl name Arabic origin Multiple tradition

Farah

FAH-rah · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Joy; happiness
Language
Arabic
Culture
Persian/Arab
Religion
Multiple
Style era
classic
Themes
joy · virtue
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#1363
2024 births167
Peak year2012
First appeared1960
Total US births6,114
2012 peak19601976199220082024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Fa
Alternate spellings
FarrahFarrahh
In other languages
Farah (Persian/Arabic)Farrah (English)

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Notable people named Farah

Farah Pahlavi (Empress of Iran)
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