Erfan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- er-FAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Erfan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “knowledge, mystical insight”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Erfan mean?
Arabic: Persian form of Arabic irfan
“knowledge, mystical insight”
Irfan is the term for mystical or spiritual knowledge in Islamic, especially Persian Sufi, thought.
Is Erfan a girl's or a boy's name?
Erfan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erfan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Erfan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Erfan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Erfan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
Names like Erfan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rayyan, Zayan, Ahmed, Muhammad, Faizan, Zayaan, Ayman, Abdullah, Azaan, Yazan, Abdulrahman, Musa
Names related to Erfan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Erfan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erfan, updated 20 October 2026.