Arfan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-fan
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Arfan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “knowledge; awareness”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Arfan mean?
Arabic: form of Irfan used in Pakistani families
“knowledge; awareness”
Irfan is the Arabic and Persian term for knowledge of God in Sufi thought.
Is Arfan a girl's or a boy's name?
Arfan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arfan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Arfan, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Arfan than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Arfan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Arfan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
Names like Arfan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Amir Zayaan Abdulrahman Zayan Ahmed Arham Azaan Abdullah Musa Yazan Affan
Names related to Arfan
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arfan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arfan, updated 20 October 2026.