Given name & surname
Farhad
“filled with happiness”
Farhad is a variant of Farha. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Farhad is a variant of Farha. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Farhad is a variant of Farha. An origin associated with Farha is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Farhad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 273
- 273 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,626 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,626 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,460 as a first name in 2020; 398 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.
Farhad’s family of names
Farhad has a related form in Farha. In English usage, Farhad has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form FERHAT. In English usage, Farhad has a conventional equivalent in the Azerbaijani form Fərhad.
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Around the world
Farhad has relatives in 12 languages.
11 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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People named Farhad
- Farhad Fatkullininterpreter, Wikimedian, Wikipedian of the year 2018born 1979
- Farhad MehradIranian singer and guitarist1944–2002
- Farhad DaryaAfghan singer/writer/composer/philanthropistborn 1962
- Farhad BadalbeyliAzerbaijani musicianborn 1947
- Farhad GhaemiIranian volleyball playerborn 1989
- Farhad AslaniIranian actorborn 1966
- Farhad MajidiIranian footballerborn 1976
- Farhad ValiyevAzerbaijani association football playerborn 1980
- Farhad DaftaryIslamic scholarborn 1938
Characters named Farhad: Farhad (mythical Iranian character).
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