Freda

German

"peace"

Freda Origin and Meaning

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

Freda, along with near-identical twin sisters Frida and Frieda, has not been popular in the US for decades. After the two world wars, German names fell out of favor in the US and UK. The similar-sounding but etymologically unrelated mythological name Freya is much more popular, not only in the US and the UK but throughout the English-speaking world, in Germany and Scandinavia.

Freda Rank in US Top 1000

# 949 in the US

Popularity of the name Freda

• 1771 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Freda

• Winifred May "Freda" Dudley Ward English socialite and mistress of the future King Edward VIII
• Winifred Alice "Freda" James English tennis player
• Freda Charcilia Payne American R&B singer
• Freda Josephine McDonald birth name of Josephine Baker, American,French dancer and entertainer
• Freda Foh Shen American actress
• Freda Gladys Newcombe English neuropsychologist
• Freda Meissner Blau, Austrian politician
• Winifred "Freda" Utley English scholar and author
• Freda Bedi early English Buddhist

The name Freda in Pop Culture

• Mrs Freda Flower rich widow interested in spiritualism in Muriel Spark's play "The Bachelors" (1961)
• Freda Larch "Second Resurrectionist" in "The Good Companions" (1929) by J. B. Priestley
• Freda main character in "The Bottle Factory Outing" (1974) by Beryl Bainbridge
• "Good Ol' Freda" (2013) documentary about Freda Kelly, lifelong secretary for The Beatles
• Freda character in G. A. Henty's "The Dragon and the Raven"
• Freda character in the lord of the rings