Farrah is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “joy.” In 2024 it was given to 209 girls in the United States.
Farrah belongs to the Muslim & Arabic and Persian 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.
In the United States, Farrah first appears in Social Security records in 1968. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #177 in 1977, and in 2024 209 babies received the name — 11,984 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Farrah means “joy” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Farrah is a girl name. In 2024, 209 babies received the name in the US.
Farrah comes from the Muslim & Arabic and Persian tradition.
Farrah first appears in US records in 1968. Its best-ever ranking was #177 in 1977, and 209 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 hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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