Faizal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FY-zal
- Origin
- Arabic
Faizal is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “decisive”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Faizal mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Faisal
“decisive”
A spelling of Faisal, Arabic for decisive or judge; Faisal I of Iraq and King Faisal of Saudi Arabia bore the name.
Is Faizal a girl's or a boy's name?
Faizal is a boys' name.
How popular is Faizal in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Faizal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Faizal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
Names like Faizal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Faisal Fahad Hamza Hassan Saif Habib Hammad Qasim Haseeb Umair Zohaib Azeem
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Faizal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/faizal, updated 20 October 2026.