Given name & surname
Farida
“a unique woman”
Farida is a variant of Faridah. One Arabic interpretation is “a unique woman.”
Original Arabicفريدة
Meaning & origin
What it means
Farida is a variant of Faridah. One Arabic interpretation is “a unique woman.”
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 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Farida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 860
- 0 boys · 860 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 54 babies
- 2025
- 38
- #3,855 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 38 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,855 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 54 in 2015. In 2025, Pennsylvania had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,206 as a first name in 2020; 197 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.
Farida’s family of names
Farida has a related form in Faridah. In French usage, Farida has a conventional equivalent in the Arabic form فريدة.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
People named Farida
- Farida JalalIndian actressborn 1949
- Farida OsmanEgyptian swimmerborn 1995
- Farida of EgyptEgyptian queen consort (1921–1988)
- Farida Akhtar BabitaBangladeshi film actressborn 1953
- Farida KhanumPakistani classical singerborn 1929
- Farida Shaheedsociologist and feminist human rights activistborn 1950
- Farida MomandAfghan physician and politicianborn 1965
- Farida ParveenBangladeshi singer (1954–2025)
- Farida BedweiGhanaian software engineerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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