Given name & surname
Fareed
“one who is unequaled”
Fareed is a variant of Farid. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is unequaled.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fareed is a variant of Farid. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is unequaled.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fareed through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 728
- 728 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,575 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,575 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 28.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,043 as a first name in 2020; 573 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fareed’s family of names
Fareed has a related form in Farid. In English usage, Fareed has a conventional equivalent in the French form Farid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fareed
- Fareed ZakariaIndian-American journalist and authorborn 1964
- Fareed MajeedIraqi footballerborn 1986
- Fareed al-MadhhanSyrian military photographerborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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