First Adhān

Farīd

فَرِيد

Say it fa-REED

Unique, peerless

At a glance

Gender
Boy
Arabic root
f-r-d
Origin
Arabic
Also spelled
Farid, Fareed

Meaning & source

Unique: “al-farīd is the precious jewel, as if alone of its kind”.

  • والفَريدُ: الدُّرُّ إِذا نُظمَ وفُصِلَ بِغَيْرِهِ، وَقِيلَ: الفَريدُ، بِغَيْرِ هَاءٍ، الْجَوْهَرَةُ النَّفِيسَةُ كأَنها مُفْرَدَةٌ فِي نوعِها، والفَرَّادُ صانِعُها

    Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, root f-r-d (vol. 3, p. 332)

Who carried this name

We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.

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