Freja

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Freja is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name402 records spelled Freja3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, United Kingdom, Colombia, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Frèjà

• Arabic given name79 records spelled Freja2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden

  Also written Frëjä

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Freja is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Swedish form of FREYA , revived in the 19th century.

  as a word

• In Polish, Freyja (deity among the Vanir associated with sex, death, and seiðr, who receives half of those who die in battle in the afterlife field Fólkvangr)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romansh, strawberry

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Bezmaksas

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

DK Danmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present) — 30 years between 1995–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Freja Rybergb. 1832SESwedish actress
• Elmira Arikanb. 1984SEnot in their usual nameSwedish actress
• Freja Lindströmb. 1985SESwedish actress
• Freja Beha Erichsenb. 1987DKDanish model
• Freja Hellenbergb. 1989SESwedish association football player
• Freja Riemannb. 1996actress
• Freja Olofssonb. 1998SEassociation football player
• Freja Ravnb. 2000DKDanish badminton player
• Freja TeijonsaloFIFinnish actress
• Freja Edholm Borchiesactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 371 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Freja?

We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Freja (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Freja have the most bearers?

We estimate about 13 thousand people bear Freja in Denmark, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled freja.

Where is Freja most common?

Freja is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 464 people carrying it.

How common is Freja compared with other names?

In Denmark, Freja is the 120th most common given name of 31,396 given names recorded there.

Is Freja a male or female name?

Freja is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Freja mean?

Recorded meaning: Freja är den västnordiska formen av gudinnenamnet Fröja (jfr fornisländskt freyja ’härskarinna’, identiskt med det via tyskan inlånade ordet fru).