Farishta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- fa-RISH-ta
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Farishta is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “angel”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Farishta mean?
Persian: Persian fereshteh, used in Urdu, Hindi and Bengali
“angel”
Is Farishta a girl's or a boy's name?
Farishta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Farishta in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Farishta, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Farishta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
Names like Farishta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Halima, Safa, Abeeha, Khadija, Hiba, Hafsa, Amira, Fabiha, Irha, Raya, Fatiha, Nusaybah
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Farishta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/farishta, updated 20 October 2026.