Fareed
Farid, also spelt Fareed or Ferid and accented Férid, is an Arabic masculine personal name or surname meaning "unique, one-of-a-kind, incomparable". For many communities, including in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa, and South East Asia, the name Farid is common across generations.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Fareed
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Farid, also spelt Fareed or Ferid and accented Férid, is an Arabic masculine personal name or surname meaning "unique, one-of-a-kind, incomparable". For many communities, including in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa, and South East Asia, the name Farid is common across generations.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Fareed
American parents first put Fareed on the record books as a baby boy name in 1970, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 36 Fareeds were born — ranking #3,161 that year. About 30% of every Fareed on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Fareed ranks #5,239 for baby boys with 18 births, gradually falling (-15%). All told, over 750 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Fareed
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Names that sound like Fareed
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About the name Fareed
Fareed is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 750 births in the dataset. Fareed's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #2,284. Use the chart and map above to compare Fareed's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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