Frida

See also: frida, frìda, Frída, frîda, friða, fríða, and Fríða

English

Etymology

• In Scandinavia, Frida mainly derives from the Old Norse name Fríða, short for female names ending in fríðr (“beautiful, beloved”).
• In Central and Eastern Europe, Frida is a short form of compound names containing the Germanic element fried "peace"; cognate to English Freda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːdə/
• Rhymes: -iːdə

Proper noun

Frida

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English.

See also

• Freda
• Freida
• Frieda

Anagrams

• 'fraid, ARFID, Farid, faird, fraid, radif

Albanian

Proper noun

Frida f

1. a female given name

Danish

Proper noun

Frida

1. a female given name of Old Norse and Germanic origin

Faroese

Proper noun

Frida f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Frida: Friduson
• daughter of Frida: Fridudóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Frida
accusative	Fridu
dative	Fridu
genitive	Fridu

German

Proper noun

Frida

1. a female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common variant of Frieda

Norwegian

Proper noun

Frida

1. a female given name of Old Norse and Germanic origin

Related terms

Female given names ending in Old Norse fríðr:

• Astrid
• Guri
• Ingrid
• Jorid
• Målfrid
• Randi
• Sigrid
• Solfrid
• Turid

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fríːda/

Proper noun

Frȋda f

1. a female given name

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	Frida
gen. sing.	Fride
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Frida	Fridi	Fride
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Fride	Frid	Frid
dative (dajȃlnik)	Fridi	Fridama	Fridam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Frido	Fridi	Fride
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Fridi	Fridah	Fridah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Frido	Fridama	Fridami

Further reading

• “Frida”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾida/ [ˈfɾi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: Fri‧da

Proper noun

Frida f

1. a female given name

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Frida c (genitive Fridas)

1. 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

Anagrams

• firad, friad