Faaris
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FAH-ris
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
Faaris is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “knight, horseman”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies).
What does Faaris mean?
Arabic: spelling of Faris
“knight, horseman”
Arabic faris, a horseman or knight, comes from faras, horse.
Is Faaris a girl's or a boy's name?
Faaris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Faaris in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Faaris, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 boys.
2025 had more boys named Faaris than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Faaris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Faaris or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
- Fares 14
- Faaris 12
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Faaris in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
Names like Faaris
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Musa, Zayan, Zayaan, Mustafa, Zayd, Umar, Ibrahim, Azaan, Rayyan
Other spellings of Faaris
Names related to Faaris
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, “Faaris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/faaris, updated 20 October 2026.