Frieda

  • [ FREE-dah (German), FREE-də (English) ]
  • German, English
Variant of FRIDA.

FRIDA   female   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, originally a short form of other feminine names containing the Germanic element frid meaning "peace". This is also the Scandinavian equivalent, from the Old Norse cognate Fríða. A famous bearer was Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Elfreda, Elfrida, Elfrieda, Frederica
GERMAN: Elfriede, Friederike
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Frida
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Fríða
ANGLO-SAXON: Ælfþryð, Ælfthryth
DANISH: Frederikke, Frida, Rikke
ENGLISH: Freida, Frieda, Rica
FINNISH: Fredrika, Riika, Riikka
FRENCH: Frédérique
GERMAN: Frieda, Friede, Fritzi, Rike
ICELANDIC: Fríða, Friðrika
ITALIAN: Federica
NORWEGIAN: Frida
POLISH: Fryderyka
PORTUGUESE: Frederica
SWEDISH: Fredrika, Frida, Rika
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Friduric
CZECH: Bedřich
DANISH: Frederik
DUTCH: Fred, Frederik, Freek, Frits, Rik
ENGLISH: Fred, Freddie, Freddy, Frederick, Fredric, Fredrick
FINNISH: Fredrik, Veeti
FRENCH: Fred, Frédéric
FRISIAN: Fedde
GERMAN: Fiete, Fred, Friedrich, Fritz
HUNGARIAN: Frigyes
ICELANDIC: Friðrik
ITALIAN: Federico, Federigo, Fredo
LATVIAN: Fricis, Frīdrihs
NORWEGIAN: Fredrik
POLISH: Fryderyk
PORTUGUESE: Fred, Frederico
SLOVENE: Friderik
SPANISH: Federico
SWEDISH: Fredrik