Farid (
Arabic
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فَرِيد ''fariyd'', ''farīd''), also spelt Fareed or Ferid and accented Férid, is an
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...
and
Persian masculine personal name or surname meaning "unique, singular ("the One"), incomparable".
For many communities, including in the
Middle East
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, the
Balkans
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,
North Africa
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, and
South East Asia
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, the name Fareed is common across generations.
Given name
Farid
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Farid Abboud, Lebanese Ambassador
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Farid F. Abraham
Farid F. Abraham (born May 5, 1937) is an American scientist.
He has pioneered new methods of using computer modeling in the fields of fracture mechanics, membrane dynamics and phase transformation behavior of matter. He has written two textboo ...
, scientist
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Farid Alakbarli, Azerbaijani researcher
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Farid Azarkan (born 1971), Dutch politician of Moroccan descent
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Farid al-Atrash (1910-1974), Syrian Egyptian singer, music composer, and actor
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Farid ad-Din Attar, Iranian Sufi poet
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Farid Bang
Farid Hamed El Abdellaoui ( ar, link=no, فريد العبدلاوي, born 4 June 1986), known professionally as Farid Bang, is a German rapper of Moroccan-Spanish descent. He is currently the owner of the label Banger Musik.
Early life
Fari ...
(born Farid Hamed El Abdellaoui in 1986), German rapper of Moroccan-Spanish descent
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Farid Esack, South African anti-apartheid activist and Muslim scholar
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Fariduddin Ganjshakar, 12th-century Punjabi Muslim mystic
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Farid Ghadry, Syrian political activist
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Farid Kamil
Farid Kamil bin Zahari (born 5 May 1981) is a Malaysian actor, director and screenplay writer. He is a well-known male model turned actor who has made a big reputation of himself as one of Malaysia's most famous actors since Rosyam Nor in th ...
, Malaysian male model turned actor
*Farid Khan, birth name of
Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri ( ps, شیرشاه سوری)
(1472, or 1486 – 22 May 1545), born Farīd Khān ( ps, فرید خان)
, was the founder of the Sur Empire in India, with its capital in Sasaram in modern-day Bihar. He standardized the silver coin ...
, king of the Sur Empire in present-day India
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Farid Mansurov, Azerbaijani wrestler
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Farid Mukhametshin, Tatarstani politician
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Farid Shawki, Egyptian actor
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Farid Stino, Middle Eastern businessman
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Farid Suleman
Farid Suleman has been a director of Fairway Group Holdings since 2012. Before that, he was the chairman and CEO of Citadel Broadcasting from March 2002 until the company's acquisition by Cumulus Media in 2011. He previously spent 16 years wo ...
, American businessman
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Farid Talhaoui, Moroccan football player
Fahrid
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Fahrid Murray Abraham, actor
Fareed
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Fareed Ahmad (cricketer) (born 1994), Afghan cricketer
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Fareed Ahmad (field hockey) (born 1989), Pakistani field hockey player
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Fareed Ahmed (born 1989), Pakistani field hockey player
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Fareed Ayaz, Pakistani qawwal
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Fareed Ebrahim
Fareed Ebrahim Fareed ( Arabic:فريد إبراهيم فريد) (born 1 March 1998) is a Qatari born-Egyptian footballer who plays for Umm Salal as a winger.
Career
Fareed Ebrahim started his career at Al Ahli and is a product of the Al-Ahli' ...
(born 1998), Egyptian born Qatari footballer
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Fareed Haque, American jazz guitarist
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Fareed Lafta
Fareed Lafta ( ar, فريد لفتة) is an Iraqi pilot and athlete. He was the first qualified cosmonaut from Iraq, and has appeared in Guinness World Records for participating in the first skydive above Mount Everest.
Guinness World Records
Lar ...
, Iraqi pilot and athlete
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Fareed Majeed
Fareed Majeed Ghadban ( ar, فريد مجيد غضبان) (born 10 April 1986 in Iraq) is a former Iraqi footballer who is currently trainer coach of Al-Minaa SC.
Career
Majeed's physical energy has marked him out as a dependable stalwart on ...
(born 1986), Iraqi footballer
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Fareed Parbati (1961-2011), Indian Urdu language poet and writer
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Fareed Sadat (born 1998), Afghan footballer
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Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria (; born 20 January 1964) is an Indian-American journalist, political commentator, and author. He is the host of CNN's '' Fareed Zakaria GPS'' and writes a weekly paid column for ''The Washington Post.'' He has been a columni ...
(born 1964), American journalist and commentator
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Fareed Zargar, Afghan cricketer
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Farid al-Atrash, Famous arabic singer
Ferid
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Ferid Berberi
Ferid Berberi (born December 6, 1946 in Tirana, Albania) (died December 14, 2021 in Tirana, Albania) was an Albanian teacher, sportsman and trainer. He died in his home on December 14, 2021 due to cardiac arrest.
In 2021 he received the highe ...
(born 1946), Albanian sportsman and weightlifter
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Férid Boughedir (born 1944), Tunisian film director and screenwriter
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Ferid Chouchane (born 1973), Tunisian footballer
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Ferid Džanić (1918–1943), Bosniak soldier during World War II
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Ferid Idrizović
Ferid Idrizović (born September 10, 1982) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian former footballer who played in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malaysia Premier League, Albanian Superliga, Montenegrin First League, and the Canadian Soccer Leag ...
(born 1982), Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
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Ferid Imam
Ferid Imam is an Ethiopian-born Canadian citizen who is believed to have provided military training to al Qaeda jihadists in Pakistan in 2008.
Charges filed against him on March 15, 2011, were reported to have been the first time a Canadi ...
, Ethiopian-born Canadian citizen who is believed to have provided military training to al Qaeda jihadists in Pakistan
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Ferid Matri, Swiss-Tunisian-Italian footballer
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Ferid Muhić
Ferid Muhić ( mk, Ферид Мухиќ; born 1943 in Zavidovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is President of the Bosniak Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is a professor of Philosophy at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Ma ...
(born 1943), Bosnoan-Herzegovinian administrator and President of the Bosniak Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Ferid Murad (born 1936), Albanian physician and pharmacologist, co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Ferid Radeljaš (born 1959), Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
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Ferid Rragami
Ferid Rragami (born 1 June 1957), is an Albanian retired footballer.
Club career
Rragami played for Shkëndija Tiranë, Vllaznia Shkodër and Partizani Tirana between 1972 and 1988, winning three league titles and 2 domestic cups.
Suspension
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(born 1957), Albanian footballer
Middle name
Fareed
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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.
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Muhammad Fareed Didi
King Muhammad Fareed Didi ( dv, އަލްއަމީރު މުޙަންމަދު ފަރީދު ދީދީ, Al'amīru Muḥanmadu Farīdu Dīdī) , (January 11 1901 – May 27 1969), the son of the Sultan Prince Abdul Majeed Didi (Al Munthakhab Liarshi D ...
(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
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Damat Ferid Pasha (1853–1923), Ottoman liberal statesman, who held the office of Grand Vizier, the de facto prime minister of the Ottoman Empire
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Mehmed Ferid Pasha (1851-1914), Ottoman statesman of ethnic Albanian background. He served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1903-1908)
Surname
Farid
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Baba Farid or Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Punjabi Sufi saint
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Ibn al-Farid
Ibn al-Farid or Ibn Farid; (, ''`Umar ibn `Alī ibn al-Fārid'') (22 March 11811234) was an Arab poet. His name is Arabic for "son of the obligator" (the one who divides the inheritance between the inheritors), as his father was well regarded fo ...
, Arab poet
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Jasmin Farid (born 1992), Swedish politician
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Khwaja Ghulam Farid, Siraiki poet
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Mariam Mamdouh Farid
Mariam Mamdouh Farid (born 1 February 1998) is a Qatari athlete. She represented her country at the 17th World Athletics Championship held in Doha in 2019, where she ran in the Women's 400 metres hurdles. She came last in her heat with a time of ...
(born 1998), Qatari athlete
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Mohammad Farid, Egyptian politician
Fareed
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Ahmed Fareed, American studio host and sports reporter
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Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, American rapper also known as Q-Tip
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Donald Fareed, Iranian born American Christian tele-evangelist
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Kamaal Fareed
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (born Jonathan William Davis, April 10, 1970), better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and DJ. Nicknamed The Abstract, he is noted for his innovative jazz-influenced style of ...
(born 1970), American rapper, record producer, singer, actor and DJ better known as
Q-Tip and also The Abstract
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Morad Fareed
Morad Fareed (born September 14, 1979) is a New York-based entrepreneur and former professional athlete.
Career
Born in New York State, Fareed was a member of the first Palestine national football team in its attempt to qualify for the 2006 FIFA ...
(born 1979), Palestinian-American entrepreneur
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Muneer Fareed
Muneer Goolam Fareed (born 1956) is a Muslim scholar and the former secretary general of ISNA (Islamic Society of North America).
Biography
Muneer Fareed is a South African citizen of Indian descent.
He studied Arabic language and literature a ...
(born 1956), Muslim scholar and the former secretary general of ISNA (Islamic Society of North America)
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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
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Kenneth Faried
Kenneth Bernard Faried Lewis (born November 19, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Capitanes de Ciudad de México of the NBA G League. Known as "The Manimal" due to his hustle on the court, he attended Morehead State Univ ...
, 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
is a role-playing video game developed by Konami and Hudson Soft and published by Konami for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console and the fifth and final main installment of the ''Suikoden'' video game series. It was released in 2006, and ...
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*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
''The Kite Runner'' is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul. The story is set against a backdrop ...
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See also
Farida (given name), the feminine form of the name
References
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Arabic masculine given names
Arabic-language surnames
Bosniak masculine given names
Persian masculine given names
Pakistani masculine given names