Pharah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Pharah by the numbers

Pharah was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Pharah

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

  • Pharrah15 in the US (2017)
  • Panahrefuge, shelter7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Phaith6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Pharah

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

  • Farrahblooming flower or fragrant252 in the US (2017)
  • Farahjoy, happiness, cheerfulness47 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Varaboon; gift; blessing4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Farafruitful; biblical place name3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Pharah

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