Fard
Farḍ or farīḍah (فريضة) or fardh in Islam is a religious duty commanded by God. The word is also used in Turkish, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Hindi, Bangla, and Malay in the same meaning. Muslims who obey such commands or duties are said to receive hasanat, ajr or thawab for each good deed.
Meaning & Origin of Fard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Farḍ or farīḍah (فريضة) or fardh in Islam is a religious duty commanded by God. The word is also used in Turkish, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Hindi, Bangla, and Malay in the same meaning. Muslims who obey such commands or duties are said to receive hasanat, ajr or thawab for each good deed.
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The Story of Fard
Fard first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1971, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1975: 16 births, good for #2,541 nationwide. About 59% of every Fard on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Fard last appeared in the published SSA data in 1998, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 106 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Fard
Fard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 106 births in the dataset. Fard's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #2,541. Use the chart and map above to compare Fard's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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