Farai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- fah-RYE
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Farai is a boys' name, meaning “rejoice, be happy”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Farai mean?
Shona, from Zimbabwe
“rejoice, be happy”
A Shona name from Zimbabwe, from the verb meaning 'be happy, rejoice'.
Is Farai a girl's or a boy's name?
Farai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Farai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Farai, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Farai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Farai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
Names like Farai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed Abdullah Muhammad Musa Fahad Faizan Hamza Ibrahim Zayan Musab Mustafa Zayaan
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, “Farai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/farai, updated 20 October 2026.