Feride as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Feride

What is the meaning of the name Feride ?

The baby name Feride is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /feˈɾide/ (feh-REE-deh).

Feride is Arabic in Origin.

Feride is a Turkish feminine name from Arabic Farīdah, built on the root f-r-d “to be singular.” It denotes “unique, matchless, one of a kind,” and by extension “a precious pearl” (an older sense of farīdah as a single bead). Through Ottoman Turkish it entered wider use across Anatolia and neighboring regions, keeping its elegant, quietly classical tone.

The name was well established in the late Ottoman era and gained iconic status in Turkey after Reşat Nuri Güntekin’s 1922 novel Çalıkuşu, whose spirited heroine is named Feride. Regional and linguistic variants include Farida and Faridah (Arabic, Malay/Indonesian), Fārīdeh (Persian), and Fəridə (Azerbaijani); Ferîde appears in older Ottoman orthography. The concise, lilting sound and the meaning of singular worth have sustained Feride’s appeal into the modern era, balancing tradition with individuality.