Given name & surname
Fara
“a traveling woman; a wanderer”
Fara is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a traveling woman; a wanderer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a traveling woman; a wanderer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fara through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,093
- 0 boys · 1,093 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 59 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,757 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,757 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 25.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 59 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,444 as a first name in 2020; 465 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fara’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Fara
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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