Firdaus
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- fir-DOWS
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Firdaus is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “paradise, garden”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Firdaus mean?
Persian: via Arabic firdaws, from Old Iranian pairidaeza
“paradise, garden”
Jannat al-Firdaus is the highest garden of paradise in Islam; English 'paradise' shares the same root.
Is Firdaus a girl's or a boy's name?
Firdaus is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Firdaus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Firdaus, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Firdaus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Firdaus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Firdaus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Names like Firdaus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Freya Safa Fiadh Iris Zainab Florence Sadie Daisy Eden Orla Sienna Ayra
Other spellings of Firdaus
Firdous Firdaws
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, “Firdaus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/firdaus, updated 20 October 2026.