Girl · Old High German
Frieda
Say it: FREE-dah
Meaning
Short form of names with Germanic frid 'peace', such as Friederike.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in Germany around 1900 and in Scandinavia today.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 25,310 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1896, about 1 in 702 girls
- 30 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Frida, Friede
| Swedish | Frida |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Frida |
Famous bearers
- Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter
- Frieda Lawrence, wife of D. H. Lawrence
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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