Farida (given name)
Farida (Arabic: فريدة) is an Arabic feminine given name, meaning unique. 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 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 Karodia (born 1942), South African novelist and short-story writer
- Farida Khanum (born 1935), Pakistani Ghazal singer from Punjab
- Farida Mammadova (born 1936), 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
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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