Irfan

Where Irfan comes from

Borrowed from Arabic عِرْفَان (ʕirfān, “knowledge”). This given name is mostly found in Pakistan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Irfan
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #4,404 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Peak, #3,030
    14 babies named Irfan — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #6,721.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.