Farah
Usually a girl's name
- Literal meaning
- Arabic farah, 'joy, happiness' Well attested
One reference adds a Persian sense, 'glory', without a citation.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Popularity
US 2025: #1350 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #778
Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.
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The same meaning in Chinese
- 怡 yí joy Share this pair: 怡
- 欣 xīn joyful Share this pair: 欣
- 忻 xīn joyful Share this pair: 忻
- 恺 kǎi joyful Traditional form: 愷 Share this pair: 恺
Related in meaning in Chinese
- 乐 lè happy Traditional form: 樂 Share this pair: 乐
- 悦 yuè pleased Traditional form: 悅 Share this pair: 悦
Source: Unicode Unihan