Freya (given name)
Freya is an Old Norse feminine given name derived from the name of the Old Norse goddess Freyja.
_-_Nationalmuseum_-_18201.tif.jpg.webp) The goddess Freyja depicted in a portrait by Nils Blommér. | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfreɪ.ə/ FRAY-ə |
|---|---|
| Gender | female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old Norse |
| Meaning | "Lady" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Freyja, Freja, Frøya, Frida, Priya |
Freya was the 25th most popular name for baby girls born in England and Wales and was the 32nd most popular name for baby girls born in Scotland in 2007,[1] and the 14th most popular in Scotland in 2016.[2] Freya was the 220th most popular name for girls born in Germany in 2007. Variant Freja was the most popular name for baby girls born in Denmark in 2009[3] and was the 52nd most popular name in Sweden in 2009 for baby girls.[4]
Notable people
- Freya Allan, English actress
- Freya Aswynn, Dutch neopagan
- Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
- Audrey Freyja Clarke, Icelandic figure skater
- Freya Clausen, Danish singer/songwriter known also by the mononym Freya
- Freya Hoffmeister, German sea kayaker
- Freya Klier, German author and film director
- Freya Lim, Taiwanese singer
- Freya Manfred, American poet
- Freya Mathews, Australian philosopher and author
- Freya Mavor, Scottish actress and model
- Freya North, English novelist
- Freya Piryns, Belgian politician
- Freya Ridings, English singer-songwriter
- Freya Ross, Scottish long-distance runner
- Freya Stafford, Australian actress
- Freya Stark, British explorer and travel writer
- Freya Tingley, Australian actress
- Freya Van den Bossche, Belgian Flemish politician
- Freya von Moltke, German anti-Nazi resistance group member
Name variants
- Ffreuer- Welsh
References
- Behind the Name
- "Babies' First Names 2016" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- Danmarks Statistik
- Statistics Sweden. (n.d.). . Retrieved February 10, 2008.
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