Firas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- fih-RAHS
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Firas is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “insight, perceptiveness”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Firas mean?
Arabic: Arabic firas, linked to firasa 'perceptiveness'
“insight, perceptiveness”
Abu Firas al-Hamdani was a 10th-century Arab prince and poet famed for poems written as a Byzantine captive.
Is Firas a girl's or a boy's name?
Firas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Firas in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Firas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Firas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Firas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Firas, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Firas in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Firas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Firas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Abdullah Musa Umar Mustafa Zayd Fahad Zayaan Zayan Amir
Names related to Firas
More Arabic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Firas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/firas, updated 20 October 2026.