Given name & surname

Farina

“one who is adventurous; an explorer”

Farina is a variant of Farren. One English interpretation is “one who is adventurous; an explorer.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Farina is a variant of Farren. One English interpretation is “one who is adventurous; an explorer.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Farina is a variant of Farren. An origin associated with Farren is English.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Italian Farina.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Farina through the years

Babies since 1880
21
0 boys · 21 girls
Most popular year
1982
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Farina in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1981–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 296 as a first name in 2020; 5,070 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.

Farina’s family of names

Farina has a related form in Farren. In Greek usage, Farina as a surname is a transliteration of Φαρίνα.

Walk Farina’s family in the name graph

FarinaΦαρίναFarrenFarrina

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Farina, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew

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Ancient Greek · Royal

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“one who is pure; virginal”

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French · Mythological

Salina

“one of a solemn, dignified character”

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“resembling the graceful rose”

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Jacinta

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Arabic

Farrah

“fair-haired woman” · “one who bears the burden”

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>99% girls

 

Marlena

Marlena is a feminine given name. It is used in English, Polish, Catalan, and Faroese.

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Sibling ideas

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