Farid (Arabic: فَرِيد fariyd, farīd), also spelt Fareed or Ferid and accented Férid, is an Arabic and Persian masculine personal name or surname meaning "unique, singular ("the One"), incomparable". For many communities, including in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa, and South East Asia, the name Fareed is common across generations. Given name Farid Farid Abboud, Lebanese Ambassador Farid F. Abraham, scientist Farid Alakbarli, Azerbaijani researcher Farid Azarkan (born 1971), Dutch politician of Moroccan descent Farid al-Atrash (1910-1974), Syrian Egyptian singer, music composer, and actor Farid ad-Din Attar, Iranian Sufi poet Farid Bang (born Farid Hamed El Abdellaoui in 1986), German rapper of Moroccan-Spanish descent Farid Yu Darvishsefat, Japanese baseball player of Iranian descent Farid Esack, South African anti-apartheid activist and Muslim scholar Fariduddin Ganjshakar, 12th-century Punjabi Muslim mystic Farid Ghadry, Syrian political activist Farid Kamil, Malaysian male model turned actor Farid Khan, birth name of Sher Shah Suri, king of the Sur Empire in present-day India Farid Mansurov, Azerbaijani wrestler Farid Mukhametshin, Tatarstani politician Farid Shawki, Egyptian actor Farid Stino, Middle Eastern businessman Farid Suleman, American businessman Farid Talhaoui, Moroccan football player Fahrid Fahrid Murray Abraham, actor Fareed Fareed Ahmad (cricketer) (born 1994), Afghan cricketer Fareed Ahmad (field hockey) (born 1989), Pakistani field hockey player Fareed Ahmed (born 1989), Pakistani field hockey player Fareed Ayaz, Pakistani qawwal Fareed Ebrahim (born 1998), Egyptian born Qatari footballer Fareed Haque, American jazz guitarist Fareed Lafta, Iraqi pilot and athlete Fareed Majeed (born 1986), Iraqi footballer Fareed Parbati (1961-2011), Indian Urdu language poet and writer Fareed Sadat (born 1998), Afghan footballer Fareed Zakaria (born 1964), American journalist and commentator Fareed Zargar, Afghan cricketer Farid al-Atrash, Famous arabic singer Ferid Ferid Berberi (born 1946), Albanian sportsman and weightlifter Férid Boughedir (born 1944), Tunisian film director and screenwriter Ferid Chouchane (born 1973), Tunisian footballer Ferid Džanić (1918–1943), Bosniak soldier during World War II Ferid Idrizović (born 1982), Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer Ferid Imam, Ethiopian-born Canadian citizen who is believed to have provided military training to al Qaeda jihadists in Pakistan Ferid Matri, Swiss-Tunisian-Italian footballer Ferid Muhić (born 1943), Bosnoan-Herzegovinian administrator and President of the Bosniak Academy of Sciences and Arts Ferid Murad (born 1936), Albanian physician and pharmacologist, co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Ferid Radeljaš (born 1959), Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer Ferid Rragami (born 1957), Albanian footballer Middle name Fareed Ibrahim Fareed Didi, a prince, son of Sultan Abdul Majeed Didi and Princess