Given name & surname
Farid
“one who is unequaled”
Farid is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is unequaled.”
Original Arabicفريد
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is unequaled.”
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 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Farid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,120
- 1,120 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 46 babies
- 2025
- 46
- #2,775 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 46 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,775 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,411 as a first name in 2020; 1,254 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.
Farid’s family of names
Farid has a related form in Farideh. In French usage, Farid has a conventional equivalent in the English form Fareed. Farid has a related form in Fareed.
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Around the world
Farid has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere Farid comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Fareedvariant · English
- Feridvariant · German
- Farridlikely variant
- Faridehvariant
- Faridevariant
- Fareidvariant
- Fariedvariant
- Farydvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Farid
- Attar of NishapurPersian Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221)
- Farid MammadovAzerbaijani singerborn 1991
- Farid al-AtrashSyrian-Egyptian singer, composer and musician (1910-1974)1917–1974
- Farid DíazColombian association football playerborn 1983
- Farid MansurovAzerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestlerborn 1982
- Farid Simaikadiver (1907–1943)
- Farid Abbasovchess Grandmasterborn 1979
- Farid BoulayaAlgerian and French footballerborn 1993
- Farid El MelaliAlgerian association football player (1997-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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