Frida

Where Frida comes from

* In Scandinavia, Frida mainly derives from the Old Norse name Fríða, short for female names ending in fríðr (“beautiful, beloved”). * In Central and Eastern Europe, Frida is a short form of compound names containing the Germanic element fried "peace"; cognate to English Freda.
— Wiktionary's entry for Frida
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,450 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1907
    Frida Kahlo born
    Mexican painter
  3. 1940
    Frida Boccara born
    French singer
  4. 2003
    Peak, #648
    409 babies named Frida — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,220.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English.
Namesakes
  • Frida Kahlo · Mexican painter, 1907–1954
  • Frida Boccara · French singer, 1940–1996
  • Frida Karlsson · Swedish female cross-country skier, born 1999
  • Frida Hansdotter · Swedish female alpine skier, born 1985
  • Frida Gustavsson · Swedish model, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.