Given name & surname
Faron
“a pharoah”
Faron is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “a pharoah.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “a pharoah.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Faron through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,472
- 2,420 boys · 52 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 145 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,170 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,170 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 145 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,854 as a first name in 2020; 603 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.
Faron’s family of names
Faron has a related form in Farren. Faron has a related form in Faren. Faron has a related form in Faran.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Faron
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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