Faisal

English

Etymology

From Arabic فَيْصَل (fayṣal, literally “arbiter”).

Proper noun

Faisal (plural Faisals)

1. A surname from Arabic.
2. A male given name from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Faisal is the 29918^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 785 individuals. Faisal is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (71.46%) and White (13.63%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Faisal”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 547.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Salafi