Faroese 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 1893. | 13#8,313 | Down 386 rank positions in five years | 1970 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 12#8,651 | Down 2,138 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1942. | —Unranked | — | 1990 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1934. | 78#2,346 | Down 109 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1913. | —Unranked | — | 1947 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 7#12,276 | Down 3,154 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1887. | 14#7,648 | Down 1,689 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
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 1991. | 48#3,284 | Up 440 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
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 1923. | 5#17,213 | Up 236 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
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 1979. | 7#11,939 | Down 2,396 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
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 1888. | 20#6,075 | Down 31 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Faroese; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1954. | 59#2,883 | Up 116 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
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 |
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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.