Given name & surname
Farhan
“filled with happiness”
Farhan is a variant of Farha. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Farhan is a variant of Farha. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Farhan is a variant of Farha. An origin associated with Farha is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic فرحان (farḥān, “happy”); its root is Arabic ف ر ح.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Farhan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,824
- 1,824 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 72 babies
- 2025
- 72
- #2,062 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 72 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,062 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and New York shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,061 as a first name in 2020; 1,337 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Farhan
- Farhan AkhtarIndian director and actorborn 1974
- Farhan FarhanBahraini swimmerborn 1996
- Farhan SaeedPakistani actor, singerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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