Farren

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Farren by the numbers

Farren was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 77 babies in 1986, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Farren

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 Farren. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Farrellman of courage; warrior7 in the US (2017)
  • Faron19 in the US (2017)
  • Ferrin5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Farren

Names that are said the same way as Farren, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Varunhindu deity of water and oceans47 in the US (2017)
  • Farryn23 in the US (2017)
  • Faryn13 in the US (2017)
  • Farron6 in the US (2017)
  • Fairyn5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Farren

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