Farah
Arabic
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Farah Origin and Meaning
The name Farah is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "happiness".
Farah is a soft and lovely Arabic name, best known here in this original spelling via the last Empress of Iran, Farah Palavi. It's currently a Top 250 name in both France and the Netherlands, which both have a large Arabic-speaking population, and appears in at least two video games.
The variant spelling Farrah had a brief moment of popularity when Farrah Fawcett burst onto the scene in Charlie's Angels in 1976: her name shot up to Number 177 the following year, and after many years off the charts, it's back at Number 780 thanks to a Teen Mom named Farrah. Farrah Fawcett claimed that her mother made up the name because she thought it went well with their surname.
# 872 in the US
Farah Rank in US Top 1000
# 1503 on Nameberry
Farah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Farah Popularity
- 1503Nameberry2024
- 433Unique2022
- 784England2021
- 43Bosnia and Herzegovina2022
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Famous People Named Farah
- Farah Pahlaviformer Queen consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
- Farah LeeAllen FathAmerican actress
- Farah KhanIndian film director
- Farah Zeynep AbdullahTurkish actress
Farah in Pop Culture
- Farahcharacter in Prince of Persia games
- Farah Blackcharacter in the BBC America show Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency