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Gender: Male Pronunciation: FA-ra-day Meaning of Faraday: "wood man" Origin of Faraday: Surname

Faraday Origin and Meaning

The name Faraday is a boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "wood man".

This unusual Scottish surname was made immortal by Michael Faraday, a British scientist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His name is now a unit of scientific measurement for electricity - a 'power'ful name for any little boy.

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Michael Faraday, English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry

Pop Culture References for the name Faraday

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Josh Faraday, played by Chris Pratt in The Magnificent Seven (2016)
Curtis Farraday, played by Cory Gruter-Andrew in Summer of 84 (2018)

Comments

JennaW Says:

2016-10-16T18:36:04

Is this pronounced FARE-a-day or FAR-a-day?