Farid
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Farid (فريد),also spelt Fahrid is an Arabic masculine personal name, meaning unique. Farid is a common male name in the Middle East, South East Asia, and other places with large muslim populations.
Farid is also Arabic name for red ruby.
It is also a common name amongst Persians who believe it is an ancient Persian name.
People with this name include:
- Hazrat Baba Fareed Shaker Gunj, Sufi Fakir and Punjabi Poet
- Farid ad-Din Attar, an Iranian sufi poet.
- Farid Talhaoui, a Moroccan football player.
- Farid Ghadry, a Syrian political activist.
- Farid Mansurov, an Azerbaijani wrestler.
- Farid Shawki, an Egyptian actor.
- Farid Stino, a Middle Eastern businessman.
- Farid Mukhametshin, a Tatarstani politician.
- Farid Suleman
- Farid al-Atrash, a Syrian egyptian singer , music composer , actor.
- Farid F. Abraham, a scientist.
- Farid Khan, a king.
- Farid Esack, South African anti-apartheid activist and Muslim scholar.
- Farid Tabaian, an American Cartographer.
- Farid Zadi
- Mohammed Nurul Alam Farid, Australian Graphics Designer and Social Worker.
People with this surname include:
- Khwaja Ghulam Farid, a Siraiki poet.
- Mohammad Farid
- Ibn al-Farid, an Arab poet.
See also:
- Farid (Inkheart), a character in the book Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke.