Given name & surname
Fares
“a knight or horseman”
Fares is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a knight or horseman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a knight or horseman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fares through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,063
- 1,063 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 51 babies
- 2025
- 48
- #2,689 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 48 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,689 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 51 in 2012. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,388 as a first name in 2020; 1,670 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.
Fares’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Fares has a conventional equivalent in the English form Perez. Fares has a related form in Fareas. Fares has a related form in Farees.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fares has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fares
- Farès ChaïbiAlgerian and French footballerborn 2002
- Fares FaresSwedish-Lebanese actorborn 1973
- Farès FerjaniTunisian fencerborn 1997
- Farès GhedjemisAlgerian footballerborn 2002
- Farès BahlouliFrench footballerborn 1995
- Fares MaakarounBrazilian archbishopborn 1940
- Farès BoueizLebanese politicianborn 1955
- Farès Bousdirafootballerborn 1953
- Farès BenabderahmaneAlgerian footballerborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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