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Freyja

Freyja: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“lady”
Origin
Old Norse
Say it
FRAY-uh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Old Norse Freyja, the name of the Norse goddess of love, beauty, and fertility. Freya is the common modern variant spelling in English.

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How popular is Freyja?

2024109 per million US babies
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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.

Babies named Freyja in 2024364

2024 rank#772 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18803,499

Freyja is rising: use over the last five years is 6.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Freyja

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Freyalady, noblewoman · Old Norse
  • Shelbywillow farm · Old Norse
  • Ericaeternal ruler · Old Norse
  • Valkyriechooser of the slain · Old Norse
  • Olgaholy · Old Norse

Freyja questions

What does the name Freyja mean?

Freyja means "lady". It comes from Old Norse. From Old Norse Freyja, the name of the Norse goddess of love, beauty, and fertility. Freya is the common modern variant spelling in English.

Is Freyja a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Freyja?

364 US babies were named Freyja in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Freyja?

Freyja is usually pronounced FRAY-uh.

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.