Name: Freya
Gender: Female
Usage: Freya, of norse origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Freya are in general originating from Austria, Germany, Norway, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Freya across the world, see Freyja.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Freya is: Woman, Goddess of love.
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Numerology of the first name Freya: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber
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The name Freya is ranked on the 5,588th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 53200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Freya has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Freya for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Freya is an Old Norse feminine given name derived from the name of the Old Norse goddess Freyja.
Freya was the 25th most popular name for baby girls born in England and Wales and was the 32nd most popular name for baby girls born in Scotland in 2007. Freya was the 220th most popular name for girls born in Germany in 2007. Variant Freja was the most popular name for baby girls born in Denmark in 2009 and was the 52nd most popular name in Sweden in 2009 for baby girls.
Notable people with the name include:
- Freya Aswynn, Dutch neopagan
- Freya Bardell, American designer
- Freya Van den Bossche, Belgian politician
- Freya Clausen, Danish singer known also by the mononym Freya
- Freya Lim, Taiwanese singer
- Freya Hoffmeister, German sea kayaker
- Freya Mathews, Australian philosopher and author
- Freya von Moltke, German anti-Nazi resistance group member
- Freya North, English novelist
- Freya Piryns, Belgian politician
- Freya Stark, English travel writer
- Freya Mavor, Scottish actress
- Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
Scottish: of Old Norse origin. Freya or Fröja was the goddess of love in Scandinavian mythology, and her name seems to be derived from an element cognate with Old High German frouwa lady, mistress. The name was long a traditional one in Shetland, and is still used in Scotland. A notable modern bearer is the explorer and writer Freya Stark.
Cognate: Swedish: Freja.
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