Frida

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled פרידה in IL Israel, LB Lebanon, RO Romania and 6 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 9 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◐

Frida is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Norwegian Bokmål given name143K records spelled Frida13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Frída

• Indonesian given name10K records spelled Frida3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Sweden, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Frida

• English given name5.7K records spelled Frida94 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, Netherlands

  Languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Frieda, Freida, Фрида, Фріда, Fryda

• Lao given name1.6K records spelled Frida3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Sweden, United States, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Frída

48 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●

Frida is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, a female given name of mainly Old Norse origin. The oldest known use in Sweden is from 1388. It can also be a short form of the Germanic names Frideborg, Alfrida, Elfrida and Valfrida

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

• In English, A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English.

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

• In Danish, a female given name of Old Norse and Germanic origin

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

• In Swedish, Frida är dels ursprungligen en nordisk smekform till kvinnonamn på → -frid, dels en tysk smekform till namn på → Fried-. Det var bland de mest populära flicknamnen under decennierna runt millennieskiftet. I den rikssvenska almanackan 18 februari och i den finlandssvenska 29 december.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Spanish, Hipocorístico germánico con primer elemento frithu "paz".

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

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●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 99 years between 1920–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Frida Uhlb. 1872ATAustrian writer (1872–1943)
• Frida Richardb. 1873ATAustrian actress (1873-1946)
• Frida Leiderb. 1888DEsinger (1888–1975)
• Frida Kahlob. 1907MXMexican painter (1907–1954)
• Frida Boccarab. 1940MAFrench singer
• Frida Gianninib. 1972ITItalian fashion designer
• Frida Hallgrenb. 1974SESwedish actress
• Frida Gustavssonb. 1993SESwedish model
• Frida Sandénb. 1994SESwedish singer
• Frida Maanumb. 1999NONorwegian footballer

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 · 1,014 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Frida?

We estimate roughly 83 thousand people bear Frida (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Frida have the most bearers?

Frida is most frequently recorded in Israel, where it is most often spelled פרידה.

Where is Frida most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Frida is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 329 people — even though Israel holds more of our records for it.

How common is Frida compared with other names?

In Israel, Frida is the 160th most common given name of 97,862 given names recorded there.

Is Frida a male or female name?

Frida 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 Frida mean?

Recorded meaning: Short form of Germanic names with frid ‘peace’, or from Old Norse Fríða ‘beautiful’.