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Frida (given name)

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Frida (with variants Freda, Freedia, Frieda and Freida) is a feminine given name. In Scandinavian countries, it derives from the Old Norse name Fríða, meaning "beautiful, beloved". In central and eastern Europe, Frida is a short form of compound names containing the Germanic element fried meaning "peace".

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People with the name include

Freda
  • Freda Betti (1924-1979), French opera singer
  • Freda Corbet (1900-1993), British politician
  • Freda Dowie (born 1928), English actress
  • Freda Du Faur (1882-1935), Australian mountaineer
  • Freda Dudley Ward (1894-1983), English socialite and mistress of future king Edward VIII
  • Freda Gardner (born 1929), former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
  • Freda Jackson (1907-1990), British actress
  • Freda James (1911-1988), British tennis player
  • Freda Payne (born 1942), American singer and actress
  • Freda L. Wolfson (born 1954), American judge
    • Freedia
  • Big Freedia (born 1978), American musician
    • Frida
  • Frida Gustavsson (born 1993), Swedish model
  • Frida Hansdotter (born 1985), Swedish alpine skier
  • Frida Hyvönen (born 1977), Swedish singer-songwriter
  • Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), Mexican painter
  • Anni-Frid Lyngstad (born 1945), Swedish pop singer and member of ABBA, also known by her mononym Frida
  • Frida Stéenhoff (1865-1945), Swedish writer and feminist
    • Frieda
  • Frieda Belinfante (1904-1995), Dutch cellist, conductor, prominent lesbian and member of the Dutch Resistance during World War II
  • Frieda Dänzer (born 1931), Swiss former Alpine skier
  • Frieda Hempel (1885–1955), German operatic soprano
  • Frieda Inescort (1901-1976), Scottish stage and film actress
  • Frieda von Richthofen (1879-1956), wife of the writer D. H. Lawrence
  • Frieda Zamba (born 1965), American four-time world surfing champion
    • Freida
  • Freida Lee Mock, award-winning filmmaker
  • Freida Pinto (born 1984), Indian actress and model
  • Freida J. Riley (1937–1969), American science and math teacher

    • Fictional characters

  • Frieda, a character from the comic strip Peanuts
  • Frieda Petrenko, a character from UK TV series Holby City
  • Frieda Pesky, a character from the TV series The Buzz on Maggie
  • Frida Rivera, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, aka Contact
  • Frida Saurez, a character from the television series El Tigre
  • Frida Villarreal, character in the telenovela Entre el amor y el odio

    • References

    Frida (given name) Wikipedia
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