Given name
Frøydis
“dis, minor goddess”
Frøydis is a feminine given name from Old Norse, meaning “dis, minor goddess.” It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old Norse Frøydís, built from Old Norse Freyr + dís (“dis, minor goddess”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frøydis’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Frøydis shares a linguistic root with the Icelandic form Freydís. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Frøydis shares a linguistic root with the Faroese form FROYDIS.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Frøydis
- Freydís EiríksdóttirDaughter of Erik the Red980
- Frøydis Ree WekreNorwegian musicianborn 1941
- Frøydis HaavardsholmNorwegian illustrator and painter (1896–1984)
- Frøydis ArmandNorwegian actress (1949–2022)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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