Farrah
[藞f蓻r蓹]Meaning
alternate transcription of the Arabic name Farah, meaning "joy"
Background Story
Farrah is an alternate transcription of the Arabic feminine given name Farah, which means "joy". The name is used in Azerbaijani, Malay, Persian, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu. In the Anglosphere its use grew mainly through the American celebrities Farrah Fawcett and Farrah Abraham, and it ranked among the top thousand names for newborn girls in the United States between 1976 and 1980, between 1987 and 1988, and between 2010 and 2016.
Variations
Farah
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