Fares
- Meaning
- Horseman; knight
- Origin
- Arabic
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What does Fares mean?
Fares means “Horseman; knight”.
Fares is a way of writing the Arabic name Faris in the Latin alphabet. Its root refers to a horseman or knight, placing the name in the vocabulary of riding and horsemanship. Courage and chivalry are natural associations with that image, but horseman is the more direct linguistic explanation.
Faris and Fares reflect different choices in representing Arabic sounds rather than names with unrelated meanings. The spelling Fares appears across Arabic-speaking communities and can preserve a familiar family form when a name is written in English. For parents comparing the two, pronunciation and the spelling already used by relatives may matter more than a difference in meaning.
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How popular is Fares?
United States · 2025Explore how often Fares is used and how its ranking has changed.
- US boys rank
- #2,689 2025 · #1 is most popular
- Boys named Fares
- 48 Recorded births in 2025
- Change in births
- 6.7% More than 2024
Fares over time
United States · Boys
Recorded births
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Yearly data & usage
Rankings are calculated separately for girls and boys. The summary highlights boys, the most common recorded usage in 2025.
| Year | Usage | US rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | #2,689 | 48 |
| 2024 | Boys | #2,842 | 45 |
| 2023 | Boys | #2,856 | 44 |
| 2022 | Boys | #2,840 | 45 |
| 2021 | Boys | #3,037 | 40 |
| 2020 | Boys | #2,898 | 41 |
| 2019 | Boys | #2,911 | 42 |
| 2018 | Boys | #2,912 | 41 |
| 2017 | Boys | #2,910 | 41 |
| 2016 | Boys | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2015 | Boys | #2,822 | 42 |
| 2014 | Boys | #2,522 | 49 |
Years reflect available birth records. Missing records do not mean zero births.
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