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Farid (فريد) also spelt Ferid or Fareed is an Arabic masculine personal name or last name, meaning "unique". Farid is a common male name in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa, and South East Asia.
People with this name include:
Given name
- Farid Abou-Shadi, Egyptian fencer
- Farid Abboud, Lebanese Ambassador
- Fahrid Murray Abraham, actor
- Farid F. Abraham, scientist
- Farid Alakbarli, Azerbaijani researcher
- Farid al-Atrash, Syrian Egyptian singer, music composer, and actor
- Farid ad-Din Attar, Iranian Sufi poet
- Farid Esack, South African anti-apartheid activist and Muslim scholar
- Farid Ghadry, Syrian political activist
- Farid Kamil, Malaysian male model turned actor
- Farid Khan, birth name of Sher Shah Suri, king of the Sur Empire in present-day India
- Fareed Lafta, Iraqi pilot and athlete
- Fareed Majeed, Iraqi footballer
- Farid Mansurov, Azerbaijani wrestler
- Farid Mukhametshin, Tatarstani politician
- Farid Shawki, Egyptian actor
- Farid Stino, Middle Eastern businessman
- Farid Suleman, American businessman
- Farid Talhaoui, Moroccan football player
- Fareed Zakaria, American journalist and commentator
Surname
- Baba Farid or Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Punjabi Sufi saint
- Ibn al-Farid, Arab poet
- Khwaja Ghulam Farid, Siraiki poet
- Mohammad Farid, Egyptian politician
- Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, American rapper also known as Q-Tip
- Donald Fareed, Iranian born American Christian tele-evangelist
- Morad Fareed, Palestinian-American entrepreneur
- Kenneth Faried, 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