Ferit is a Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name
Farid
Farid (Arabic: فَرِيد ''fariyd'', ''farīd''), also spelt Fareed or Ferid and accented Férid, is an Arabic masculine personal name or surname meaning "unique, singular ("the One"), incomparable". For many communities, including in the Middle ...
( ''fariyd'', ''farīd'') meaning "unique, singular ("the One"), incomparable". The name is also found in Albania and Macedonia.
People named Ferit include:
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Ferit Hoxha
Ferit Hoxha (born 22 February 1967 in Koplik, Albania) is the Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, in New York City. He previously served in the role from 2009 to 2015, was succeeded by Besiana Kadare, and again assumed ...
(born 1967), Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations
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Ferit Melen
Ferit Sadi Melen (2 November 1906 – 3 September 1988) was a Turkish civil servant, politician and Prime Minister of Turkey.
Biography
After graduating from high school in Bursa, he obtained a degree in finance from the School of Political Scie ...
(1906-1988), Turkish civil servant and politician
* Ferit Şahenk (born 1964), Turkish businessman
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Ferit Odman
Ferit Odman is a jazz drummer based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Education
Odman started his music studies in Sweden as an AFS exchange student in 1999, then received a full scholarship to Istanbul Bilgi University in 2001, where he obtained his B.A. ...
(born 1982), Turkish jazz musician
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Ali Ferit Gören
Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib an ...
(1913–1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter
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Turkish masculine given names
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