Given name & surname
Faysal
“a judge”
Faysal is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a judge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a judge.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Faysal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 205
- 205 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 16 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 boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 525 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Faysal’s family of names
In English usage, Faysal has a related form in Faisal. Faysal has a related form in Faisal. Faysal has a related form in Faesal.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Faysal has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Faysal
- Faysal ShayestehAfghan footballerborn 1991
- Faysal Ben AhmedTunisian association football playerborn 1973
- Faysal Ali WarabeSomali politicianborn 1948
- Faysal al-ShaabiPrime Minister of South Yemen1935–1971
- Faysal El IdrissiFrench and Moroccan footballerborn 1977
- Faysal Ahmedsomali–American actorborn 1985
- Faysal SarıyıldızTurkish statesperson of Kurdish ancestry (born 1975)
- Faysal BettacheEnglish association football playerborn 2000
- Faysal SawadogoBurkinabe taekwondo practitionerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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