Female name
Frida
852 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2022. Expression number: 11.
Origin
In Scandinavia, Frida mainly derives from the Old Norse name Fríða, short for female names ending in fríðr (“beautiful, beloved”). In Central and Eastern Europe, Frida is a short form of compound names containing the Germanic element fried "peace"; cognate to English Freda.From Wiktionary, entry “Frida”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2022: 79 births. 852 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2008. It is still given: 268 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2017: 418 births. 8,491 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 1992. It is still given: 1,021 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1,480 | 2012–2023 | — |
| France | 1,405 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Austria | 1,308 | 1984–2025 | 66th in 2024 |
| Berlin | 1,078 | 2012–2023 | 38th in 2019 |
| Switzerland | 732* | 1915–2025 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
6 + 9 + 9 + 4 + 1 = 29 → 11
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
9 + 1 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
6 + 9 + 4 = 19 → 1
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 5, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 9 · humanity, generosity, completion
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.