Faroese Boy Names
Explore names documented in Faroese naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1996. | 2,448#147 | Up 208 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1964. | —Unranked | — | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1960. | 7#10,571 | Down 5,142 rank positions in five years | 1976 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1927. | —Unranked | — | 1957 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1999. | 33#3,499 | Down 376 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2000. | 34#3,379 | Up 900 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1966. | —Unranked | — | 1976 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1984. | 9#8,553 | Down 187 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2006. | 5#12,192 | Down 6,191 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1912. | —Unranked | — | 1917 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1939. | —Unranked | — | 1946 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1994. | —Unranked | — | 2007 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1987. | 6#11,160 | new | 2022 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2005. | 8#9,587 | Down 2,162 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1987. | —Unranked | — | 2012 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2021. | 8#9,473 | new | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2016. | —Unranked | — | 2016 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2023. | —Unranked | — | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2015. | —Unranked | — | 2024 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1986. | —Unranked | — | 1986 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2010. | —Unranked | — | 2010 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | —Unranked | — | 1972 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982. | —Unranked | — | 1982 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2010. | —Unranked | — | 2010 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.