Given name & surname
Farrar
“a blacksmith”
Farrar is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a blacksmith.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a blacksmith.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
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
Farrar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 5 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 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 111 as a first name in 2020; 13,925 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.
Farrar’s family of names
Farrar has a related form in Farar. Farrar has a related form in Farer. Farrar has a related form in Farier.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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