Farida (Arabic: فريدة) is an Arabic feminine given name, meaning unique/ precious pearl. In Urdu it is spelled and pronounced the same way as Arabic. In Turkish it is spelled as Feride. In Persian, the name is rendered as Farideh (Persian: فریده) in the Iranian dialect, but Farida (Фарида) in the Afghan and Tajik dialects. It is one of the common female names throughout the Muslim world.[1][2][3][4]
People
- Farida was a 9th-century Arabic musician and wife of al-Mutawakkīl.
- Farida of Egypt (1921–1988), Queen of Egypt
- Farida Azam (1937–1992), Pakistani politician's wife
- Farida Azizi, Afghan women's rights activist
- Farida Belghoul (born 1958), French-Algerian author
- Farida Diouri (1953–2004), Moroccan novelist
- Farida Haddouche (born 1959), Algerian politician
- Maria Farida Indrati, referred to as Farida (born 1949), Indonesian judge
- Farida Jalal (born 1949), Indian actress
- Farida Kant, Italian drag queen
- Farida Karodia (born 1942), South African novelist and short-story writer
- Farida Khanum (born 1935), Pakistani Ghazal singer from Punjab
- Farida Khanam (scholar) (born 1952), Indian Islamic scholar
- Farida Mammadova (1936–2021), Azerbaijani historian
- Farida Mohammad Ali (born 1963), Iraqi singer
- Farida Nekzad, Afghan journalist
- Farida Osman (born 1995), Egyptian-American swimmer
- Farida Parveen (born 1954), Bangladeshi singer
- Farida Waller (born 1993), Thai actress and model
- Farida Waziri (born 1946), Nigerian technocrat, law enforcement officer
- Feride Hilal Akın (born 1996), Turkish singer
- Farideh Heyat (born 1949), British-Iranian anthropologist
- Farideh Lashai (1944-2013), Iranian painter
- Farideh Moradkhani, Iranian engineer, human rights activist
- Farideh Hashemi (born 1939), Iranian politician
Notes
- ↑ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Farida". Behind the Name.
- ↑ "Names - Meaning of Farida - Name Meaning". www.meaning-of-names.com.
- ↑ "Farida Name Meaning in Urdu - Farida meaning فریدہ, Arabic Girls & Boys Names". hamariweb.com.
- ↑ "Farida - Girl's name meaning, origin, and popularity | BabyCenter". BabyCenter.
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Farida for articles on persons with this first name
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