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". 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