Farhana

given name · Latin script

Meaning: glad, happy, cheerful, delighted; fem

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/fɑɹhɑnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Farhana is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 4.8K
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 20K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)

≈160,000 people, est.

Sources
222 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

glad, happy, cheerful, delighted; fem. of Farhan

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Farhana counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Farhana is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BD Bangladesh#111≈160,000 est.≈1 in 1KlistedFarhana97
PK Pakistan#598≈12,000 est.≈1 in 20KlistedFarhana51
MY Malaysia#538≈6,800 est.≈1 in 4.8K3Farhana57
US United States—2,2501 in 148K2.2KFarhana222
PH Philippines—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 55K—Farhana29
AE United Arab Emirates—≈370 est.≈1 in 27K—Farhana18
SG Singapore—≈270 est.≈1 in 23K—Farhana39

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; This page lists the top 100 names in Malaysia for boys and girls, published by Students of the World.; the pk-muslim-names-cc0 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Farhana is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Malay given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Philippines

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written Farhana', 'Farhana

  • Thai given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, Malaysia, India, United States

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written ฟารฮานา, Fahana, ฟาร์ฮานา, ฟาร์ฮาน่า, ฟารฮาน่า

  • Swedish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Denmark, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Fařhâñā

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Farhana is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Arabic, glad, joyful, happy, cheerful, delighted; feminine of Farhan

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Farhana जी,Hi Farhana, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 34 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Farhana
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202.2K#6,946
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202212—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20206#6,946
PK PakistanMuslim given names (CC0)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Farhana come from?
glad, happy, cheerful, delighted; fem. of Farhan Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
How do you pronounce Farhana?
A machine transcription gives /fɑɹhɑnə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
What does the name Farhana mean?
Recorded meaning: glad, happy, cheerful, delighted; fem.
Is Farhana a male or female name?
Farhana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Farhana have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 160 thousand people named Farhana in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled farhana.
How common is the name Farhana?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,250 people named Farhana in 2020, about 1 in 148 thousand residents.
How common is Farhana compared with other names?
In Bangladesh, Farhana is the 111th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Farhana” — the 111th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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