Feride
Barely three dozen women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one. A Turkish name, the feminine form of Farid, meaning "unique, precious".
Feride Pronunciation
Feride is pronounced fe-REE-de (/fɛˈridɛ/).
What Feride means
Where Feride comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Feride comes into Turkish from Arabic. It is the feminine of Farid, and it means unique, precious. The Arabic root farīd names a thing with no equal. A single pearl, taken off the string and left on its own, was called farīd. Feride gives that sense a feminine ending and a Turkish home.
Turkish readers meet the name in print. Reşat Nuri Güntekin gave it to the heroine of Çalıkuşu, his 1922 novel, a young teacher named Feride who leaves Istanbul to work in the provinces. The book stayed in Turkish classrooms for generations.
On official paper the spelling shifts between Feride and Feride, both current in Turkey. A Polish register might list it once, in a school class roll or on a form at the urząd, next to a short gloss. The meaning holds to the pearl the Arabic root first named: unique, precious.
How many people are named Feride
1 in 663054 women in Poland is named Feride. 34 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6837 among female names.