Frieda

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

Famous People Named Frieda

  • Frieda Hempel
    German soprano
  • Frieda Rebecca Hughes
    English poet and painter; daughter of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
  • (Emma Maria) Frieda Johanna Freiin von Richthofen Lawrence
    German wife of English novelist D. H. Lawrence
  • Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon
    birth name of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo
  • Frederika Marie Joseph "Frieda" Brepoels
    Belgian MEP
  • Frieda Dänzer
    Swiss Olympic skier
  • Frieda Inescort
    Scottish actress
  • Frieda Harrison
    birth name of Suzy Kendall, English actress
  • Frieda A. Schneider
    birth name of Gracie Doll Earles, German dwarf performer of The Doll Family
  • Frieda Ekotto
    Cameroonian,American novelist
  • Frieda Belinfante
    Dutch cellist and WWII resistance leader
  • Frieda Leontine Mauritia Van Themsche
    Belgian politician
  • John Frieda
    English hairstylist

Frieda in Pop Culture

  • Frieda Macteer
    sister of Claudia (the narrator) in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye"
  • Frieda Haxby Palmer
    character in Margaret Drabble's novel The Witch of Exmoor
  • Frieda
    Muppet on TV's "Sesame Street"
  • Frieda Petrenko
    character on British soap "Holby City"
  • Frieda
    girl with "naturally curly hair" in the "Peanuts" series
  • "Frieda
    " 1947 British film and its main character
  • Frieda Berlin
    character on "Orange Is The New Black"