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Frieda

Heart
German
"peace"

Frieda Origin and Meaning

The name Frieda is a girl's name of German origin meaning "peace".

This traditional Germanic name hasn't been on the U.S. list since 1958, but perhaps due to the mythic power of painter Frida Kahlo, parents are beginning to show some interest in it.

# 874 in the US

Frieda Rank in US Top 1000

Frieda Popularity

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Famous People Named Frieda

  • Frieda HempelGerman soprano
  • Frieda Rebecca HughesEnglish poet and painter; daughter of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
  • (Emma Maria) Frieda Johanna Freiin von Richthofen LawrenceGerman wife of English novelist D. H. Lawrence
  • Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderonbirth name of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo
  • Frederika Marie Joseph "Frieda" BrepoelsBelgian MEP
  • Frieda DänzerSwiss Olympic skier
  • Frieda InescortScottish actress
  • Frieda Harrisonbirth name of Suzy Kendall, English actress
  • Frieda A. Schneiderbirth name of Gracie Doll Earles, German dwarf performer of The Doll Family
  • Frieda EkottoCameroonian,American novelist
  • Frieda BelinfanteDutch cellist and WWII resistance leader
  • Frieda Leontine Mauritia Van ThemscheBelgian politician
  • John FriedaEnglish hairstylist

Frieda in Pop Culture

  • Frieda Macteersister of Claudia (the narrator) in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye"
  • Frieda Haxby Palmercharacter in Margaret Drabble's novel The Witch of Exmoor
  • FriedaMuppet on TV's "Sesame Street"
  • Frieda Petrenkocharacter on British soap "Holby City"
  • Friedagirl with "naturally curly hair" in the "Peanuts" series
  • "Frieda" 1947 British film and its main character
  • Frieda Berlincharacter on "Orange Is The New Black"