Given name & surname · also Persian
Sarfaraz
“having the head raised, proud”·“one who walks with his head held high”
Sarfaraz is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “having the head raised, proud” (Persian) and “one who walks with his head held high” (Indian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “having the head raised, proud” (Persian) and “one who walks with his head held high” (Indian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Persian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sarfaraz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34
- 34 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,561 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,561 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 254 as a first name in 2020; 209 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.
Sarfaraz’s family of names
Sarfaraz has a related form in Sarfraz. Sarfaraz has a related form in Safarez.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sarfaraz
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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