Farzad

given name · Latin script

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

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

Farzad is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Persian فرزاد (farzâd).

rarermore common
  • IRIran≈1 in 25K(inferred from the name graph)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 111K
  • USUnited States1 in 309K

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.

Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈23,000 people, est.

Sources
211 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Afghanistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Persian فرزاد (farzâd).

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Farzad 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 Farzad is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan#443≈23,000 est.≈1 in 1.6K—Farzad15
IR Iran—≈3,400 est.≈1 in 25K—Farzad76
US United States—1,0781 in 309K1.1KFarzad211
PK Pakistan—≈830 est.≈1 in 281KlistedFarzad13
DE Germany—≈720 est.≈1 in 111KlistedFarzad86
SE Sweden—3041 in 34K304Farzad28
AT Austria—≈210 est.≈1 in 41K9Farzad24
NO Norway—≈85 est.≈1 in 64K294—12

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; the de-munich-vornamen register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); 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)

Farzad is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Pashto given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Afghanistan, Iran, United States, Türkiye

    Also written Farzād

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written ّfarzad, Farzād

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Iran

    Also written Farzād

  • Russian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Iran, Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Фарзад

  • Bangla given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bangladesh, United States, India

    Also written Farjad, ফারজাদ

39 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Farzad Motamen, b. 1957Farzad Bazoft, b. 1958Farzad Bonyadi, b. 1959Farzad Nazem, b. 1961Farzad Esmaili, b. 1972Farzad Hassani, b. 1977Farzad Farzin, b. 1981Farzad Hatami, b. 1986Farzad Houshidari, b. 1987Farzad Abdollahi, b. 1990

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)

InformalHi Farzad,

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 43 sources across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Farzad
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.1K#11,753
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—304#3,892
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—294#3,604
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2020259—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2019258—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2018248—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2017231—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2016218—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2015209—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2014206—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2013198—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2012194—

Reference works 4

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

What does the name Farzad mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Persian فرزاد (farzâd). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Farzad?
A machine transcription gives /fɑɹzæd/ (IPA) for English.
Is Farzad a male or female name?
Farzad is a male 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 Farzad have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 23 thousand people named Farzad in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled farzad.
How common is the name Farzad?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,078 people named Farzad in 2020, about 1 in 309 thousand residents.
How common is Farzad compared with other names?
In Afghanistan, Farzad is the 443rd most common given name of 21,469 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, “Farzad” — the 443rd most common given name in Afghanistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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