Farwah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAR-wa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Farwah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
Where does Farwah come from?
Arabic: spelling of Farwa; classical Arabic name
Meaning borrowed from Farwa.
Is Farwah a girl's or a boy's name?
Farwah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Farwah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Farwah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2015, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Farwah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Farwah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were given Farwah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Farwah 6
- Farwa 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Farwah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 2 | #7,280 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Farwah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ayah, Safa, Farah, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Izzah, Hibah, Aaliyah, Aafiyah, Rahma, Afrah
Other spellings of Farwah
Names related to Farwah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, 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, “Farwah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/farwah, updated 20 October 2026.