Infographic of Freya name meaning, which is A Scandinavian name meaning lady, Freya is also the name of the Norse goddess of love, beauty, and war.
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Freya Name Popularity

How popular is the name Freya? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 0 0%
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1914 — 0 0%
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1920 — 0 0%
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1930 — 0 0%
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1932 — 0 0%
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1936 — 0 0%
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1939 — 0 0%
1940 1,240 11 0.001%
1941 1,307 9 0.0008%
1942 1,729 5 0.0004%
1943 — 0 0%
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1945 — 0 0%
1946 — 0 0%
1947 — 0 0%
1948 — 0 0%
1949 — 0 0%
1950 — 0 0%
1951 — 0 0%
1952 — 0 0%
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1954 — 0 0%
1955 — 0 0%
1956 — 0 0%
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1958 — 0 0%
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1960 — 0 0%
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1962 — 0 0%
1963 — 0 0%
1964 — 0 0%
1965 — 0 0%
1966 — 0 0%
1967 — 0 0%
1968 2,026 7 0.0005%
1969 — 0 0%
1970 — 0 0%
1971 — 0 0%
1972 2,495 5 0.0004%
1973 — 0 0%
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1976 — 0 0%
1977 — 0 0%
1978 — 0 0%
1979 — 0 0%
1980 — 0 0%
1981 2,694 6 0.0004%
1982 — 0 0%
1983 — 0 0%
1984 — 0 0%
1985 — 0 0%
1986 — 0 0%
1987 — 0 0%
1988 — 0 0%
1989 — 0 0%
1990 — 0 0%
1991 3,166 7 0.0004%
1992 3,115 7 0.0004%
1993 — 0 0%
1994 — 0 0%
1995 — 0 0%
1996 — 0 0%
1997 3,717 5 0.0003%
1998 — 0 0%
1999 — 0 0%
2000 3,276 7 0.0005%
2001 2,355 22 0.0015%
2002 2,731 14 0.0009%
2003 2,720 15 0.001%
2004 2,617 17 0.0011%
2005 2,314 26 0.0017%
2006 2,386 26 0.0017%
2007 1,914 47 0.003%
2008 1,638 72 0.0047%
2009 1,705 63 0.0042%
2010 1,275 119 0.0083%
2011 1,114 154 0.0108%
2012 1,213 126 0.0088%
2013 920 211 0.0148%
2014 559 487 0.0334%
2015 410 728 0.05%
2016 312 982 0.0681%
2017 290 1,056 0.0757%
2018 259 1,207 0.0879%
2019 193 1,501 0.1109%

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Names Like Freya

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What names are variants of Freya?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Freya.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Fraya

Noble lady

Scandinavian

What names sound like Freya?

If you like how Freya sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Freya.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Fara

Good-looking

English

Farra

Good-looking

English

Fiora

Gaelic

Varya
Veera

Faith; truth; true image

Slavic

Vera

Truth and faith

Latin

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Siblings of Freya

Mamas with kids named Freya also have kids with these names.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Kerrigan
Agnes

Pure, holy

Greek

Jewel

Plaything, delight

French

Willow

Willow tree

English

Adrien

From Hadria

Latin

Damien

To tame

French

Persephone
Sebastien

Revered

Greek

Phoenix

Dark red

Greek

Leverett

Young Hare

French

Iris

Rainbow

Greek

Rowan

Of the rowan tree

Gaelic

Wyatt

Brave in battle

English

Briar

Shrub, Small Tree

English

Rose

Rose flower

English

Sage

Healing herb

Latin

10 Comments

  1. My husband and I are both Norwegian and we liked the idea of a Norwegian name. It derives from a Norse name meaning “noble woman.” We liked that it was a strong sounding name yet still feminine. We also don’t know anyone with that name, so no negative associations lol. The mythology behind the norse goddess is a little crazy but we’ll let her figure that out when she’s old enough haha! That’s the only thing we don’t like about it, but we sure got a good laugh when we read into it. That and how people often mis-hear it! F’s are apparently difficult to say and hear.

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  2. This is a beautiful strong name! I love the sound of the name and Freya is the goddess of love and beauty. Also this name is familiar but an overly used name.

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  3. We wanted something different as a name. We both scoured the Internet for baby names. Then, we looked up names from Norse mythology, since we we are both interested in that. We came upon the name Freya, a norse goddess of love. It sounded and felt just right for our little one.

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  4. I love mythology so it was a good fit.

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  5. Freya is the Nordic GODDESS of love war and fertility! It’s a STRONG name. She was known to ride her chariot with 2 cats pulling her! I chose a strong name for my girl!

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  6. We had our son in 2015 and my husband named him, we decided ihat I would get to name our daughter if we ever had a second child. We had our daughter April 6 2019, and I’ve always loved the name Freya and our daughter just fits the name so well so we agreed and named her Freya

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  7. My husband chose Freya. I love the name, it’s simple and uncommon but people often misunderstand when I tell them (hearing Ray-ah or Greta) or they mispronounce, saying Free-ah.

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  8. I wanted a strong but beautiful name for our daughter. I loved that you don’t here it often either.

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  9. Wanted a Scandinavian name to follow our heritage

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  10. We wanted a strong female name that wasn’t common where we live (the US), that wasn’t hard for little hands to write, that wasn’t hard to pronounce, and we wanted it to have strong meaning. Our options came down to Tesla (Tess for short) and Freya (Fey for short). A name is the second gift we give our child, after their life, so we wanted it to be something she could be proud of, not a burden, not something that would just be another painfully common name.

    I love her name. It’s one of my favorite Goddesses (we dropped the j from Freyja so people would pronounce it correctly), it’s equally feminine and strong, like our girl.

    My only warning is that if you name your daughter after a strong, bold woman, they will very likely live up to the name.

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