Fareeda as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Fareeda

What is the meaning of the name Fareeda ?

The baby name Fareeda is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced fa-REE-dah (IPA: /fəˈriːdə/).

Fareeda is Arabic in Origin.

Fareeda is the South Asian respelling of the Arabic feminine name Farīda (فريدة), from farīd “singular, matchless.” In classical Arabic it also denoted a single bead or pearl set apart in a necklace, shaping the common meanings “unique,” “incomparable,” and “precious pearl.” The name traveled with Arabic and Persian literary culture and Islamic usage, becoming familiar from North Africa and the Levant to Iran and the Indian subcontinent.

Across regions it appears as Farida/Fareeda (Arabic, Urdu), Faridah (Malay/Indonesian), Farideh (Persian), and Feride (Turkish). It has been borne by Queen Farida of Egypt and gained modern visibility in Turkey through the heroine Feride in Reşat Nuri Güntekin’s novel Çalıkuşu (1922). Nicknames include Fari and Reeda. Parents choose Fareeda for its elegant sound and aspirational sense of a child who is “one of a kind,” treasured like a rare jewel.