🔥Freya

FRAY-ah

Norse

"a noble woman"

Freya Origin and Meaning

The name Freya is a girl's name of Scandinavian, Norse origin meaning "a noble woman".

Freya has long been popular in the U.K. but has only taken off in the US in the last decade, along with the entire category of mythological names. Derived from the Old Norse name Freyja, meaning "Lady, noble woman", Freya is the name of the Norse goddess of love, beauty, and fertility.

Freya has been one of the fastest-rising names of the past few years and is even more popular in England and Wales. We predict that along with the original Nordic spelling Freyja, Freya will continue its meteoric rise in the coming years.

Freya can be considered a feminization of Frey or Freyr, the name of the goddess’s brother.

.There is a Joseph Conrad novel titled Freya of the Seven Isles. A noted bearer was the explorer and writer Freya Stark.

Freya Rank in US Top 1000

# 136 in the US

Freya Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 26 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Freya

• 136 US 2023
• 26 Nameberry 2025
• 88 Canada 2023
• 178 Future 2028
• 5 England 2023
• 3 Scotland 2024
• 12 Ireland 2024
• 43 Australia 2024
• 25 New Zealand 2024
• 93 Germany 2024
• 91 Sweden 2024
• 123 Switzerland 2023
• 83 Dogs 2022
• 45 Cats 2023

20 Names Similar to Freya

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Famous People Named Freya

• Freya Mavor Scottish actress
• Freya Olivia Rose Ridings English singer
• Freya Madeline Stark British explorer and travel writer
• Freya Tingley Australian actress
• Freya Klier German director
• Freya von Moltke German anti,Nazi activist
• Freya Allan English actress
• Freya Stafford Australian actress
• Freya Hoffmeister German kayaker
• Freya Christine Clausen Danish singer
• Freya Wilson English actress
• Freya Lim (Fan) Taiwanese pop singer
• Freya Haley Australian blogger of Freckle Club
• Freya Domenica Edmondson (b. 1990) daughter of actress Jennifer Saunders and Adrian Edmondson
• Freya Air Aspinall (b. 2003) daughter of TV personality Donna Air and Damian Aspinall
• Freya Barry (b. 2005) daughter of actors Jason Barry and Nicola Charles
• Freya Spearing (b. 2011) daughter of footballer Jay Spearing
• Freya McLaughlin (b. 2017) daughter of actor Jake McLaughlin

The name Freya in Pop Culture

• Freya character in TV's "Merlin,"
• Freya Wilson character on British soap "Doctors"
• Freya Eilif Beauchamp character in series "The Witches of East End" by Melissa de la Cruz
• Freya Crescent character in Final Fantasy IX
• Freya older sister of Chi (dark Chi) from the anime Chobits
• Freya Mikaelson character in the series "The Originals"
• Freya Morris character in "The Tricking of Freya" by Christina Sunley
• Freya Gardner character in the BBC series "The Politician's Husband"
• Freya sister to Ravenna in "Huntsman: Winter's War"
• Freya character in "Freya" by Matthew Laurence

International Variations of the name Freya

• Freyde Yiddish
• Freja Swedish