Farida (given name)

Farida (فريدة) is an Arabic feminine given name, meaning unique/ precious pearl. 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 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.

People

 * Fareeda Kokikhel Afridi, Pakistani women's rights activist
 * Farida was a 9th-century Arabic musician and wife of al-Mutawakkīl.
 * Farida of Egypt (1921–1988), Queen of Egypt
 * Farida Abiyeva (born 1995), Azerbaijani karateka
 * Farida al-Abani (born 1988), Swedish politician
 * Farida Amrani (born 1976), Moroccan-born French trade unionist and politician
 * Farida Anwar (born 1946), British politician
 * Farida Arriany (1938–1977), Indonesian actress, model, and singer
 * Farida Azam (1937–1992), Pakistani politician's wife
 * Farida Azizi, Afghan women's rights activist
 * Farida Azizova (born 1995), Azerbaijani taekwondo practitioner
 * Farida Arouche (born 1980), Algerian chess player
 * Farida El Askalany (born 1995), Egyptian volleyball player
 * Farida Akhtar Babita (born 1953), Bangladeshi film actress
 * Farida Bedwei (born 1979), Ghanaian software engineer
 * Farida Belghoul (born 1958), French-Algerian author
 * Farida Benlyazid (born 1948), Moroccan scriptwriter, producer, novelist, and director
 * Farida Benyahia, Algerian politician
 * Farida Bourquia (born 1948), Moroccan film director
 * Farida Dadi, Indian actress
 * Farida Diouri (1953–2004), Moroccan novelist
 * Farida Haddouche (born 1959), Algerian politician
 * Farida Hossain (born 1945), Bangladeshi writer, playwright, editor, director, and translator
 * Farida Hussein (born 2006), Egyptian rhythmic gymnast
 * Maria Farida Indrati, referred to as Farida (born 1949), Indonesian judge
 * Farida Fassi, Moroccan physicist
 * Farida Jalal (born 1949), Indian actress
 * Farida Kabir (born 1992), Nigerian epidemiologist, software developer, and technology entrepreneur
 * Farida Kant, Italian drag queen
 * Farida Karodia (born 1942), South African novelist and short-story writer
 * Farida Khalaf (born 1995), pen name of a Yazidi woman who was abducted by ISIS
 * Farida Khanum (born 1935), Pakistani Ghazal singer from Punjab
 * Farida Khanam (scholar) (born 1952), Indian Islamic scholar
 * Farida Khelfa (born 1960), French documentary filmmaker and former model
 * Farida Kuchi (born 1964), Afghan politician
 * Farida Kyakutema (born 1962), Ugandan sprinter
 * Farida Majid (1942–2021), Bangladeshi poet, translator, and academic
 * Farida Mammadova (1936–2021), Azerbaijani historian
 * Farida Mansurova (1952-2021), Tajikistani physician and scientific researcher
 * Farida Mohamed (born 2002), Egyptian professional squash player
 * Farida Mohammad Ali (born 1963), Iraqi singer
 * Farida Momand (born 1965), Afghan doctor and politician
 * Farida Nabourema (born 1990), Togolese human rights activist and writer
 * Farida Nekzad, Afghan journalist
 * Farida Osman (born 1995), Egyptian-American swimmer
 * Farida Parveen (born 1954), Bangladeshi singer
 * Farida Rahmeh (born 1953), Lebanese alpine skier
 * Farida Rustamova (born 1992), Russian journalist
 * Farida Shaheed, Pakistani sociologist and feminist human rights activist
 * Farida El-Sherif (born 1998), Egyptian basketball player
 * Farida Siddiqui (1937-2013), Pakistani religious scholar and politician
 * Farida Waller (born 1993), Thai actress and model
 * Farida Waziri (born 1946), Nigerian technocrat, law enforcement officer
 * Farida A. Wiley (1889-1986), American naturalist, ornithologist and educator
 * Farida Yahya, Nigerian entrepreneu and author
 * Farida Yasmin (1963), Bangladeshi journalist
 * Farida Yasmin (1940–2015), Bangladesh singer
 * Farida Zaman (born 1953), Bangladeshi artist and illustrator
 * Farideh Ghotbi (1920-2000), Iranian public figure
 * Farideh Hashemi (born 1939), Iranian politician
 * Farideh Heyat (born 1949), British-Iranian anthropologist
 * Farideh Lashai (1944-2013), Iranian painter
 * Farideh Moradkhani, Iranian engineer, human rights activist
 * Farideh Hashemi (born 1939), Iranian politician