Given name & surname
Farren
“one who is adventurous; an explorer”
Farren is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who is adventurous; an explorer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who is adventurous; an explorer.”
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 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Farren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,053
- 322 boys · 731 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 88 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #10,364 for girls · #10,015 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,364 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 77 in 1986. It also appeared in 7 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 916 as a first name in 2020; 2,501 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.
Farren’s family of names
Farren has a related form in Faron. Farren has a related form in Farron. Farren has a related form in Faren.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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