Pronunciation | Persian: [fariːd] |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Persian |
Origin | |
Meaning | Unique |
Region of origin | Persia |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Farid, Fareed, Ferid, Ferit |
Nickname(s) | Farid |
Popularity | see popular names |
Farid (فريد) also spelt Fareed or Ferid and accented Férid is an Arabic and Persian masculine personal name or last name, meaning "unique". Farid is a common male name in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa, and South East Asia.
People with this name include:
Given name
Farid
- Farid Abou-Shadi, Egyptian fencer
- Farid Abboud, Lebanese Ambassador
- Farid F. Abraham, scientist
- Farid Alakbarli, Azerbaijani researcher
- Farid Azarkan (born 1971), Dutch politician of Moroccan descent
- Farid al-Atrash (1910-1974), Syrian Egyptian singer, music composer, and actor
- Farid ad-Din Attar, Iranian Sufi poet
- Farid Bang (born Farid Hamed El Abdellaoui in 1986), German rapper of Moroccan-Spanish descent
- Farid Esack, South African anti-apartheid activist and Muslim scholar
- Farid Faraji, Iranian actor
- Fariduddin Ganjshakar, 12th-century Punjabi Muslim mystic
- Farid Ghadry, Syrian political activist
- Farid Kamil, Malaysian male model turned actor
- Farid Khan, birth name of Sher Shah Suri, king of the Sur Empire in present-day India
- Farid Mansurov, Azerbaijani wrestler
- Farid Mukhametshin, Tatarstani politician
- Farid H. Omoumi, American-Iranian doctor and researcher scientist
- Farid Shawki, Egyptian actor
- Farid Stino, Middle Eastern businessman
- Farid Suleman, American businessman
- Farid Talhaoui, Moroccan football player
Fahrid
- Fahrid Murray Abraham, actor
Fareed
- Fareed Ahmad (cricketer) (born 1994), Afghan cricketer
- Fareed Ahmad (field hockey) (born 1989), Pakistani field hockey player
- Fareed Ahmed (born 1989), Pakistani field hockey player
- Fareed Ayaz, Pakistani qawwal
- Fareed Ebrahim (born 1998), Egyptian born Qatari footballer
- Fareed Haque, American jazz guitarist
- Fareed Lafta, Iraqi pilot and athlete
- Fareed Majeed (born 1986), Iraqi footballer
- Fareed Parbati (1961-2011), Indian Urdu language poet and writer
- Fareed Sadat (born 1998), Afghan footballer
- Fareed Zakaria (born 1964), American journalist and commentator
- Fareed Zargar, Afghan cricketer
Ferid
- Ferid Berberi (born 1946), Albanian sportsman and weightlifter
- Férid Boughedir (born 1944), Tunisian film director and screenwriter
- Ferid Chouchane (born 1973), Tunisian footballer
- Ferid Džanić (1918–1943), Bosniak soldier during World War II
- Ferid Idrizović (born 1982), Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
- Ferid Imam, Ethiopian-born Canadian citizen who is believed to have provided military training to al Qaeda jihadists in Pakistan
- Ferid Matri, Swiss-Tunisian-Italian footballer
- Ferid Muhić (born 1943), Bosnoan-Herzegovinian administrator and President of the Bosniak Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Ferid Murad (born 1936), Albanian physician and pharmacologist, co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- Ferid Radeljaš (born 1959), Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
- Ferid Rragami (born 1957), Albanian footballer
Middle name
Fareed
- Ibrahim Fareed Didi, a prince, son of Sultan Abdul Majeed Didi and Princess consort Famuladeyrige Didi and the brother of King Muhammad Fareed Didi of Maldives.
- Muhammad Fareed Didi (1901–1969), a king. Son of the Sultan Prince Abdul Majeed Didi was the last Sultan of Maldives and the first Maldivian monarch to assume the title of King
Ferid
- Damat Ferid Pasha (1853–1923), Ottoman liberal statesman, who held the office of Grand Vizier, the de facto prime minister of the Ottoman Empire
- Mehmed Ferid Pasha (1851-1914), Ottoman statesman of ethnic Albanian background. He served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1903-1908)
Surname
Farid
- Baba Farid or Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Punjabi Sufi saint
- Ibn al-Farid, Arab poet
- Khwaja Ghulam Farid, Siraiki poet
- Mariam Mamdouh Farid (born 1998), Qatari athlete
- Mohammad Farid, Egyptian politician
Fareed
- Ahmed Fareed, American studio host and sports reporter
- Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, American rapper also known as Q-Tip
- Donald Fareed, Iranian born American Christian tele-evangelist
- Kamaal Fareed (born 1970), American rapper, record producer, singer, actor and DJ better known as Q-Tip and also The Abstract
- Morad Fareed (born 1979), Palestinian-American entrepreneur
- Muneer Fareed (born 1956), Muslim scholar and the former secretary general of ISNA (Islamic Society of North America)
- Vala Fareed (born 1975),Iraqi-Kurdish politician, Minister of State for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and previously the first female speaker of the legislature
Faried
- Kenneth Faried, American professional basketball player
Fictional
- Farid, character in the book Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
- Ferid Egan, Commander of the Queen's Knights in the video game Suikoden V
- Farid, character in the game Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Ferid Bathory, character in the manga Owari no Seraph
- Farid, character in the book The Kite Runner