Given name & surname
Farhat
“filled with happiness”
Farhat is a variant of Farha. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Farhat is a variant of Farha. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Farhat 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 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Farhat through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 0 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,204 as a first name in 2020; 2,635 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 Farhat
- Farhat HachedTunisian trade unionist (1914-1952)
- Farhat IshtiaqPakistani writer, author and screenwriterborn 1980
- Farhat HorchaniTunisian jurist, academic and politicianborn 1953
- Farhat BazarowTurkmenistani footballer (born 1980)
- Farhat RajhiTunisian politicianborn 1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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