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Girl · English, partly from German
Freda
Say it: FREE-duh
Meaning
A pet form of Winifred, Frederica or Elfreda, and an English spelling of German Frieda (Germanic frid 'peace').
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Common in the US and Britain around 1900 to 1930.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 42,473 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1897, about 1 in 839 girls
- 18 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Frieda, Freida
| German | Frieda |
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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