Freya

Where Freya comes from

Scottish form of Old Norse Freyja (“mistress, lady”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Freya
  • Old Norse
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1893
    Freya Madeline Stark born
    British travel writer
  2. 1931
    First appearance
    #4,331 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2001
    Freya Allan born
    English actress
  4. 2022
    Peak, #129
    2,183 babies named Freya — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old Norse of mostly British usage.
Namesakes
  • Freya Allan · English actress, born 2001
  • Freya Madeline Stark · British travel writer, 1893–1993
  • Freya Mavor · Scottish actress, born 1993
  • Freya Anderson · British swimmer, born 2001
  • Freya Tingley · Australian actress, born 1994

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.