Farid Forename
1,682nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 592,167 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria
Farid Forename User-submission:
Farid or Fareed (فريد) is an Arabic male name meaning 'precious', 'unique', 'talented'. It was made popular because of the Egyptian-Syrian legend, Farid Al-Atrash, one of the greats of Arabic music.
Farid Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 100% | 102,686 | 1:372 | 78 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 63,236 | 1:2,522 | 354 |
| India | 100% | 56,082 | 1:21,663 | 3,094 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 43,050 | 1:4,515 | 671 |
| Iran | 100% | 39,394 | 1:1,993 | 308 |
| Indonesia | 98% | 38,963 | 1:6,621 | 874 |
| Afghanistan | 96% | 34,515 | 1:945 | 180 |
| Morocco | 100% | 31,582 | 1:1,088 | 197 |
| Egypt | 100% | 28,759 | 1:3,196 | 425 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 17,893 | 1:539 | 119 |
| Russia | 100% | 14,968 | 1:9,636 | 359 |
| France | 100% | 14,898 | 1:4,462 | 421 |
| Iraq | 100% | 9,545 | 1:3,669 | 531 |
| Sudan | 100% | 8,329 | 1:4,539 | 729 |
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 6,152 | 1:5,004 | 850 |
| Syria | - | 5,661 | 1:3,410 | 478 |
| Colombia | 94% | 5,263 | 1:9,078 | 842 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5,115 | 1:1,100 | 235 |
| United States | 100% | 4,881 | 1:74,275 | 3,655 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 4,271 | 1:7,129 | 825 |
| Kuwait | - | 3,961 | 1:956 | 150 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 3,869 | 1:2,165 | 394 |
| Yemen | - | 3,719 | 1:7,071 | 601 |
| Palestine | 100% | 3,696 | 1:1,231 | 288 |
| Libya | - | 3,672 | 1:1,694 | 323 |
| Jordan | 100% | 3,360 | 1:2,627 | 430 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3,229 | 1:16,348 | 1,789 |
| Comoros | - | 2,038 | 1:374 | 54 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,029 | 1:22,932 | 1,282 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,989 | 1:16,658 | 1,612 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,755 | 1:4,075 | 481 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 1,645 | 1:10,788 | 907 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,632 | 1:18,880 | 2,474 |
| England | 100% | 1,626 | 1:34,196 | 1,842 |
| Togo | - | 1,319 | 1:5,488 | 890 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,279 | 1:8,984 | 1,023 |
| Brazil | 98% | 1,178 | 1:181,864 | 8,384 |
| Oman | 100% | 1,132 | 1:3,630 | 510 |
| Mexico | 98% | 905 | 1:137,176 | 2,986 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 886 | 1:19,077 | 1,866 |
| Qatar | 100% | 874 | 1:2,711 | 369 |
| Kenya | - | 846 | 1:54,737 | 3,594 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 825 | 1:215,230 | 9,087 |
| Germany | 100% | 722 | 1:133,903 | 2,481 |
| Sweden | 100% | 579 | 1:17,026 | 1,253 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 98% | 490 | 1:12,190 | 1,728 |
| Poland | 100% | 471 | 1:80,737 | 1,882 |
| Ghana | - | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 449 | 1:1,508 | 308 |
| Bahrain | - | 429 | 1:3,144 | 507 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 391 | 1:77,243 | 3,847 |
| Thailand | 100% | 382 | 1:183,418 | 12,511 |
| Ecuador | - | 349 | 1:50,793 | 1,777 |
| Uganda | 90% | 347 | 1:118,031 | 5,031 |
| Benin | 100% | 283 | 1:37,370 | 3,234 |
| South Africa | 99% | 229 | 1:238,134 | 14,516 |
| Chile | 99% | 198 | 1:88,925 | 2,395 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 182 | 1:26,198 | 1,575 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 169 | 1:48,601 | 2,174 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Australia | - | 151 | 1:90,448 | 3,395 |
| Austria | 100% | 138 | 1:61,697 | 1,668 |
| Norway | 100% | 128 | 1:40,096 | 1,811 |
| Argentina | 99% | 126 | 1:339,470 | 3,113 |
| Denmark | - | 116 | 1:48,703 | 1,882 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Peru | 89% | 109 | 1:291,665 | 6,476 |
| Philippines | 100% | 101 | 1:1,049,599 | 28,205 |
| Belarus | 98% | 97 | 1:97,757 | 1,017 |
| El Salvador | - | 97 | 1:65,379 | 1,790 |
| Guinea | - | 97 | 1:122,254 | 2,279 |
| Italy | 100% | 95 | 1:642,759 | 6,358 |
| Mauritius | - | 92 | 1:14,106 | 1,568 |
| Malawi | - | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| Singapore | 100% | 83 | 1:75,748 | 7,077 |
| Honduras | 100% | 81 | 1:108,858 | 3,390 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 80 | 1:130,391 | 6,179 |
| New Zealand | - | 67 | 1:67,702 | 3,311 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 67 | 1:81,685 | 1,014 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 49 | 1:71,928 | 2,626 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 48 | 1:382,906 | 14,153 |
| Georgia | 100% | 47 | 1:79,542 | 3,191 |
| Hungary | 100% | 42 | 1:233,137 | 1,173 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Turkey | 100% | 40 | 1:1,945,043 | 14,042 |
| China | - | 38 | 1:35,948,836 | 61,432 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 33 | 1:321,255 | 2,838 |
| Finland | 96% | 33 | 1:166,157 | 3,083 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 33 | 1:182,374 | 4,876 |
| Scotland | 100% | 33 | 1:162,132 | 3,108 |
| Botswana | 100% | 32 | 1:68,264 | 6,262 |
| Israel | 100% | 30 | 1:280,097 | 7,331 |
| Ireland | 100% | 29 | 1:160,121 | 3,351 |
| Romania | - | 28 | 1:716,142 | 19,534 |
| Czechia | 100% | 27 | 1:394,673 | 2,241 |
| Greece | 100% | 23 | 1:475,415 | 6,588 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 23 | 1:128,343 | 1,645 |
| Niger | 100% | 23 | 1:834,087 | 13,992 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 19 | 1:1,214,523 | 33,777 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 19 | 1:71,654 | 5,624 |
| Wales | 100% | 19 | 1:162,858 | 3,204 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Japan | - | 16 | 1:7,999,129 | 32,265 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 15 | 1:37,603 | 1,694 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Senegal | 83% | 14 | 1:1,041,525 | 9,505 |
| Guatemala | - | 13 | 1:1,239,110 | 4,883 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 11 | 1:635,490 | 8,785 |
| Paraguay | 89% | 11 | 1:657,891 | 5,571 |
| Belize | 100% | 10 | 1:35,431 | 3,151 |
| Congo | 75% | 10 | 1:500,920 | 8,695 |
| Liberia | 75% | 10 | 1:441,206 | 12,452 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Hong Kong | - | 9 | 1:861,414 | 5,456 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Ukraine | - | 9 | 1:5,055,545 | 8,900 |
| Iceland | - | 8 | 1:45,752 | 2,854 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Panama | - | 8 | 1:488,320 | 13,543 |
| Uruguay | - | 8 | 1:428,455 | 5,529 |
| Croatia | 100% | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Moldova | 100% | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 6 | 1:40,570 | 1,514 |
| Armenia | 100% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Brunei | 100% | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Serbia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Färid (5), Faríd (3) & Fàrid (1) are calculated separately.
Farid (404,703) may also be a surname.
Farid Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Farid or Fareed (فريد) is an Arabic male name meaning 'precious', 'unique', 'talented'. It was made popular because of the Egyptian-Syrian legend, Farid Al-Atrash, one of the greats of Arabic music.
- judy.abddThe name Farid means 'unique' or 'the only one'.
- calculuswhiteFarid Forename Popularity
Farid Demographics
Farid Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 905 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Farid Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farid in the Russian language | ||
| Фарид | farid | - |
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