Given name & surname
Firdaus
“from the garden in paradise”
Firdaus is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “from the garden in paradise.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “from the garden in paradise.”
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 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Firdaus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 5 boys · 71 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #8,529 for girls · #12,635 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,529 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 185 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.
Firdaus’s family of names
Firdaus has a related form in Firdaws. Firdaus has a related form in Firdoos. Firdaus has a related form in Firdos.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
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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