{{Infobox given name | name = Farid
| image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = Unique | region = | language = Arabic | origin = Middle Eastern | alternative spelling = Farid, Fareed, Ferid, Ferit | nickname = Farid | variant forms = | name day = | derived = Fard "Unique" | popularity = Very Popular | footnotes = }} '''Farid''' (Arabic: <big>فَرِيد</big> ''fariyd'', ''farīd''), also spelt '''Fareed''' or '''Ferid''' and accented '''Férid''', is an Arabic masculine personal name or surname meaning "unique, one-of-a-kind ("the One"), incomparable".<ref>{{cite thesis|author=Sung Ock Lee|title=A Cultural Comparative Study on the Self-Identification of Maronites in Lebanon and Assyrians in Iraq|page=138|degree=PhD |url=http://www.aina.org/books/sung-ock-lee.pdf|location=Lebanese University|year=2011}}</ref> For many communities, including in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa, and South East Asia, the name Farid is common across generations.
==Given name== === Farid === *Farid Abboud (born 1951), Lebanese Ambassador *Farid F. Abraham (born 1937), American scientist *Farid Ahmad (1923-1971), Bengali politician and lawyer *Farid Ahmed (born 1960), Bangladeshi High Court justice *Farid Ahmed Gopalganji, Bangladeshi MP *Farid Alakbarli (1964-2021), Azerbaijani researcher *Farid Ali (1945–2016), Bangladeshi actor *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 (1145-1221), Iranian Sufi poet *Farid Bang (born Farid Hamed El Abdellaoui in 1986), German rapper of Moroccan-Spanish descent *Farid Yu Darvishsefat (born 1986), Japanese baseball player of Iranian descent *Farid Gazi Dewan (1924–2010), Bangladeshi politician *Farid Esack (born 1955), South African anti-apartheid activist and Muslim scholar *Farid Dieck (born 1993), Mexican psychologist, writer, and internet personality *Farid Ghadry (born 1954), Syrian political activist *Farid Habib (born 1959), 13th Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Navy *Farid Kamil (born 1981), Malaysian male model turned actor *Farid Khan, birth name of Sher Shah Suri (died 1545), king of the Sur Empire in present-day India *Farid Mansurov (born 1982), Azerbaijani wrestler *Farid Mukhametshin (born 1947), Tatarstani politician *Farid Nuzha (1895–1971), Assyrian nationalist and journalist *Farid Raphaël (1933–2014), Lebanese economist and banker *Farid Shawki (1920–1998), Egyptian actor *Farid Stino (born 1943), Egyptian businessman *Farid Suleman, American businessman *Farid Talhaoui (born 1982), Moroccan football player *Farid Trad (1901–1969), Lebanese engineer, architect, and art collector
===Fahrid=== *Fahrid Murray Abraham (born 1939), American 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 (born 1952), Pakistani qawwal *Fareed Ebrahim (born 1998), Egyptian born Qatari footballer *Fareed Haque (born 1963), 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 *Farid al-Atrash (1910–1974), Famous Arabic singer
===Ferid=== *Ferid Berberi (born 1946–2021), 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 (born 1980), Ethiopian-born Canadian citizen who is believed to have provided military training to al Qaeda jihadists in Pakistan *Ferid Matri (born 1994), Swiss-Tunisian-Italian footballer *Ferid Muhić (born 1943), Bosnian-Herzegovinian administrator and President of the Bosniak Academy of Sciences and Arts *Ferid Murad (1936–2023), 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
===Compound names with ''Farid'' as a component=== *Farid al-Din, or Farid Uddin **Farid ed-Din Mohammed Abdallah Rudagi (858–940), Persian poet **Fariduddin Attar (1145–1221), Persian Muslim mystic and poet **Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1173–1266), Punjabi Muslim mystic **Farid-ud-Din Baghdadi (1551–1733), Iraqi Muslim mystic **Farid Uddin Chowdhury (born 1947), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician **Farid Uddin Masood (born 1950), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationist **Farid Uddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and vice-chancellor *Farid al-Haqq, or Faridul Haq **Faridul Haq Ansari (1895–1966), Indian lawyer and politician **Faridul Haq Khan (born 1956), Bangladeshi minister of Religious Affairs *Muhammad Faridul Huda (died 1999), Bangladeshi former state minister of Health and Family Welfare
==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=== *Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid, Bangladeshi politician *Baba Farid or Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1173–1266), Punjabi Sufi saint *Ibn al-Farid (1181–1234), Arab poet *Jasmin Farid (born 1992), Swedish politician *Khwaja Ghulam Farid (1841/1845–1901), Siraiki poet * Manouchehr Farid, Iranian actor *Mariam Mamdouh Farid (born 1998), Qatari athlete *Mohammad Farid (1868–1919), Egyptian politician
===Fareed=== *Ahmed Fareed, American studio host and sports reporter *Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (born 1970), American rapper also known as Q-Tip *Kamaal Fareed (born 1970), American rapper, record producer, singer, actor and DJ better known as Q-Tip and also The Abstract *Muhammad Fareed (1926–2011), Pakistani mufti and writer *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 (born 1989), 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''
==See also== *Farida (given name), the feminine form of the name *Faridi, an Indian given name *Shamsul Haque Faridpuri, derived from this name
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Category:Arabic-language masculine given names Category:Masculine given names Category:Arabic-language surnames Category:Bangladeshi masculine given names Category:Bosniak masculine given names Category:Persian masculine given names Category:Pakistani masculine given names