Meaning, origin and history of the name Farid

Gender Masculine

Scripts فريد(Arabic) فرید(Persian, Urdu)

Pronounced Pron. fa-REED(Arabic)

Meaning & History

Means "unique, precious", derived from Arabic فرد (farada) meaning "to be unique". This was the name of a 13th-century Persian poet.

VariantsFareed(Arabic) Fareed(Urdu)

Feminine FormFarida(Arabic)

Other Languages & CulturesFərid(Azerbaijani) Ferid(Bosnian) Ferit(Turkish)

Same SpellingFərid

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