Farhana
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning happy, joyful, cheerful.
Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies
Farhana by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Farhana. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Farhana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean joy
Like Farhana, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Farhana
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