Name meaning & stats
Faisal
Faisal means “arbiter” (Arabic origin). 2,150 US babies since 1940, peak 2014.
What it means
“arbiter”
ArabicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2014
2,150 US babies were named Faisal between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Faisal (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 91% of the family
- Faisal 91%
- Faysal 9%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2014)