Freda

Freda: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “peace”
Origin: Germanic
Say it: FREE-duh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Short form of names containing the Germanic element frid or fred, meaning “peace,” such as Frederica or Elfriede. It has also been used as an independent name.

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How popular is Freda?

20246.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Freda in 202420

Peak year1897

Total US babies since 188042,533

Freda is steady now but far below its 1897 peak.

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Freda questions

What does the name Freda mean?

Freda means "peace". It comes from Germanic. Short form of names containing the Germanic element frid or fred, meaning “peace,” such as Frederica or Elfriede. It has also been used as an independent name.

Is Freda a boy or girl name?

Freda is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Freda?

20 US babies were named Freda in 2024. Its peak year was 1897.

How do you pronounce Freda?

Freda is usually pronounced FREE-duh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.