Boy · Arabic · Muslim
Farid
فریدSay it fa-REED
- Meaning today
- Unique, precious, incomparable
- Original meaning
- "single, unique; a precious gem, as if the only one" Lane, p. 2364
- Say it
- fa-REED
- Written
- فرید
- Other spellings
- Fareed
Farid
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Farid meaning
Farid (فرید) is a Muslim boy's name of Arabic origin.
Single, unique; a precious gem, as if the only one
Also used to mean: incomparable
Farid (فرید) is Arabic farīd, from the root f-r-d, "to be single, alone". Lane's lexicon treats it as a synonym of fard, single, and defines it as a precious gem, as though it were the only one of its kind, and as the beads that separate the pearls on a string. Steingass gives the Persian sense as a precious gem or pearl; one, unique, incomparable. Name lists give "unique" or "precious", matching both. In India and Pakistan the name is linked with Baba Farid (Fariduddin Ganjshakar), the 13th-century Chishti saint of Pakpattan whose verses are included in the Guru Granth Sahib.
Source: Lane, An Arabic–English Lexicon (1863–93), Book I, Part 6, p. 2364 · entry farīd (فَرِيدٌ), root f-r-d · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, farīd (فَرِيدٌ), Book I p. 2364 · Steingass, farīd, p. 927 · Wikipedia, Baba Farid
Famous namesakes
- Baba Farid (Fariduddin Ganjshakar), 13th-century Sufi saint and Punjabi poet
Spellings
Farid · Fareed