Ferit is a Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Farid (Arabic: فَرِيد fariyd, farīd) meaning "unique, singular ("the One"), incomparable". The name is also found in Albania and Macedonia. People named Ferit include: Ferit Hoxha, Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations Ferit Melen, Turkish civil servant and politician Ferit Şahenk, Turkish businessman Ferit Odman, Turkish jazz musician Ali Ferit Gören (1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter Turkish masculine given names