Given name & surname · also Arabic, Irish
Farran
“of the land”·“a baker”·“one who is adventurous”
Farran is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “of the land”, “a baker”, and “one who is adventurous”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “of the land”, “a baker”, and “one who is adventurous”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Irish, Arabic, and English naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Farran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 74
- 0 boys · 74 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 24 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 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 153 as a first name in 2020; 883 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.
Farran’s family of names
Farran has a related form in Farren. Farran has a related form in Farren. Farran has a related form in Farron.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Farrenvariant
- Ferronvariant
- Ferrinvariant
- Farronvariant
- Farrinvariant
- Farrannlikely variant
- Faerranvariant
- Fayrranvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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