Given name & surname
Fryda
“a peaceful ruler”
Fryda is a variant of Frederica. In German use, Frederica carries the interpretation “a peaceful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fryda is a variant of Frederica. In German use, Frederica carries the interpretation “a peaceful ruler.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fryda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 137
- 0 boys · 137 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 170 as a first name in 2020; 124 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fryda’s family of names
In Polish usage, Fryda has a conventional equivalent in the German form Frieda. In Polish usage, Fryda has a conventional equivalent in the English form Frida. Fryda has a related form in Frederica.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fryda has relatives in 4 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fryda
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