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Name

Frieda

/FREE-dah/ FeminineGerman

Meaning

Frieda is a feminine name of German origin meaning “peace”.

Frieda comes directly from the German Friede, peace, originally a short form of names like Friederike. The spelling Frida belongs to painter Frida Kahlo, whose parents indeed connected her name to the German word for peace.

Common in early twentieth-century Germany and America; the Frida spelling now leads in Scandinavia.

At a glance

Origin
German
Gender
Feminine
Pronounced
/FREE-dah/
Themes
Peace

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Questions

  • Frieda is a feminine name of German origin meaning “peace”. Frieda comes directly from the German Friede, peace, originally a short form of names like Friederike.

  • Frieda is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. Common in early twentieth-century Germany and America; the Frida spelling now leads in Scandinavia.

  • The name Frieda comes from German. Frieda comes directly from the German Friede, peace, originally a short form of names like Friederike. The spelling Frida belongs to painter Frida Kahlo, whose parents indeed connected her name to the German word for peace.

  • Frieda is pronounced FREE-dah.

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