MEANING & HISTORY
What does Farida mean?
The exact Farida account identifies it as the feminine of Farid. Farid is explained through Arabic vocabulary for being unique or alone, with unique and precious as the given-name glosses.
The feminine formation is directly documented. A separate Meertens association should not turn these Arabic lexical elements into an invented Filipino compound.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Origin and name formation
Arabic
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Names in this collection
- Aida♀Name of Verdi’s heroine; also related to Arabic Ayda
- Aída♀Spanish Ayda/Aida; returning or visitor in Arabic
- Armida♀Literary name associated with Tasso’s enchantress
- Fatima♀One who weans or abstains, from the Arabic name
- Fátima♀Abstaining or weaning; from Arabic Fatima
- Florida♀Often associated in secondary name guides with: A floral personal name in a Spanish-Latin name account
- Wahida·Peerless or unique, in the Wahid name family
- Candida♀Shining white
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 1 elected-candidate records ·
FARIDA
· CSV row 15,988 · ODbL 1.0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.