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🔥Freya

FRAY-ah
Norse
"a noble woman"
Grace Royal
By Grace Royal
Updated Fri Oct 03 2025

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.

# 159 in the US

Freya Rank in US Top 1000

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Freya Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name 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
  • Freya Skye
    actress and singer

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

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