Fajr
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning dawn, daybreak.
Babies a year
37
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#951
37 babies
Fajr by the numbers
In 2025, 37 babies in England and Wales were named Fajr. In the US, 17 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Fajr. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Fajardawn, daybreak52 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the dawn
Like Fajr, each of these has the dawn in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zoradawn203 in the US (2017)
- Roxannedawn; a form of Roxana188 in the US (2017)
- Luceromorning star; bringer of light137 in the US (2017)
- Orianagolden or dawn; from Latin aureus28 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Fajr
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