Frida (given name)

Frida (with variants Frieda, Freida and Freda) is a feminine given name. In Scandinavian countries, it derives from the Old Norse name Fríða, meaning "beautiful, beloved".^{[citation needed]} In central and eastern Europe, Frida is a short form of compound names containing the Germanic element fried meaning "peace".^{[citation needed]} Yet, it is originally derived from the Arabic word/name Farida meaning unique.^{[citation needed]}

People with the name include

Freda

Freda Betti (1924-1979), French opera singer
Freda Corbet (1900-1993), British politician
Freda Dowie (born 1928), English actress
Freda Du Faur (1882-1935), Australian mountaineer
Freda Dudley Ward (1894-1983), English socialite and mistress of future king Edward VIII
Freda Gardner (born 1929), former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Freda Jackson (1907-1990), British actress
Freda James (1911-1988), British tennis player
Freda Payne (born 1942), American singer and actress
Freda L. Wolfson (born 1954), American judge

Frida

Frida Gustavsson (born 1993), Swedish model
Frida Hansdotter (born 1985), Swedish alpine skier
Frida Hyvönen (born 1977), Swedish singer-songwriter
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), Mexican painter
Anni-Frid Lyngstad (born 1945), Swedish pop singer and member of ABBA, also known by her mononym Frida
Frida Stéenhoff (1865-1945), Swedish writer and feminist

Frieda

Frieda Belinfante (1904-1995), Dutch cellist, conductor, prominent lesbian and member of the Dutch Resistance during World War II
Frieda Dänzer (born 1931), Swiss former Alpine skier
Frieda Hempel (1885–1955), German operatic soprano
Frieda Inescort (1901-1976), Scottish stage and film actress
Frieda von Richthofen (1879-1956), wife of the writer D. H. Lawrence
Frieda Zamba (born 1965), American four-time world surfing champion

Freida

Freida Lee Mock, award-winning filmmaker
Freida Pinto (born 1984), Indian actress and model
Freida J. Riley (1937–1969), American science and math teacher

Fictional characters

Frieda, a character from the comic strip Peanuts
Frieda Petrenko, a character from UK TV series Holby City
Frieda Pesky, a character from the TV series The Buzz on Maggie
Frida Rivera, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, aka Contact
Frida Saurez, a character from the television series El Tigre
Frida Villarreal, character in the telenovela Entre el amor y el odio

People with the name include

Fictional characters

See also