Pharell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- fuh-REL
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Pharell is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “man of valour”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Pharell mean?
Irish: respelling of Pharrell, a form of Farrell, from Fearghal
“man of valour”
A form of Farrell, from the Irish Fearghal; the spelling Pharrell is best known from the musician Pharrell Williams.
Is Pharell a girl's or a boy's name?
Pharell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pharell in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Pharell in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pharell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
How popular is Pharell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Pharell, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had more boys named Pharell than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Pharell in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pharell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
Names like Pharell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maxwell Noah Abdul Ethan Axel Hudson Marley Parker Jayden Mason Aiden Isaac
Names related to Pharell
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
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, “Pharell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pharell, updated 20 October 2026.