Freya (given name)

Freya is an Old Norse feminine given name derived from the name of the Old Norse goddess Freyja.

Freyja

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

1. Behind the Name
2. "Babies' First Names 2016" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-09-21.
3. Danmarks Statistik
4. Statistics Sweden. (n.d.). . Retrieved February 10, 2008.