Faraday
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Faraday by the numbers
Faraday was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Faraday
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Faraday. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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Names that are said the same way as Faraday, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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