Farid (
Arabic:
فَرِيد ''fariyd'', ''farīd''), also spelt Fareed or Ferid and accented Férid, is an
Arabic and
Persian masculine personal name or surname meaning "unique, singular ("the One"), incomparable".
For many communities, including in the
Middle East, the
Balkans,
North Africa, and
South East Asia, 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 (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
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i-Shakar ( ; – 7 May 1266) was a 13th-century Punjabi Sunni Muslim preacher and mystic, who was one of the most revered and distinguished Muslim mystics of the medieval period. He is known reverentially as B ...
, 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, 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, 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
Fareed Haque is an American jazz guitarist, based in Chicago, Illinois.
Education
Haque was born in Chicago in 1963. His father was from Pakistan, his mother was from Chile. When he was a child, Haque traveled with his parents all over the worl ...
, 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
Fareed Parbati ( ur, ), born Ghulam Nabi Bhat ( ur, ) on 4 August 1961 died 14 December 2011, was an Indian Urdu language poet and writer from Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has written many books including poetry. He wrote in the form of poet ...
(1961-2011), Indian Urdu language poet and writer
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Fareed Sadat (born 1998), Afghan footballer
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Fareed Zakaria (born 1964), American journalist and commentator
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Fareed Zargar
Fareed Zargar is an Afghan cricketer. He made his first-class cricket, first-class debut for Mis Ainak Knights, Mis Ainak Region in the 2018 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 13 March 2018. He made his List A cricket, List A debut for Mis Ain ...
, 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 (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, 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
Ahmed Fareed is an American studio host and sports reporter for American television network NBC Sports.
Early life
Fareed is a native of Sparta, Michigan, where he played quarterback for the Sparta High School (Michigan), Spartans. After graduati ...
, 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
Vala Fareed (born 1975) is a Minister of State for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. She was previously elected as the first female speaker of the legislature in February 2019.
Born in Erbil, Fareed has a degree in law, and was elected to the Kurdist ...
(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 h ...
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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''
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