Given name & surname
Pharis
“a heroic man”
Pharis is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “a heroic man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a heroic man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pharis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 6 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 1951. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 134 as a first name in 2020; 1,454 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.
Pharis’s family of names
Pharis has a related form in Pharris. Pharis has a related form in Pharrys. Pharis has a related form in Pharys.
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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