What does Freeda mean?
Freeda [free-da] as a name for girls has its root in Old German, and the name Freeda means "elf or magical counsel; elf, magical being strength; peaceful". Freeda is an alternate spelling of Alfreda (Old German, Old English): feminine of Alfred. Freeda is also a form of Elfrida (Latin, Old English). Freeda is also used as a variant of Freda (Old German).
(female) Freefa, Freena, ..
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How popular is Freeda?
Freeda is a somewhat popular first name for women (#2397 out of 4276, Top 56%) but a rare last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. Demographics)
Presented below is the baby name history of Freeda for girls. Freeda was first listed in 1890-1899 and reached its highest position of #770 in the U.S. during 1920-1929, but is not found in the list currently. (2015 U.S. SSA Records)
Which version is better?with its source forms and related girl names. Shown below is an analysis of the history of the girl name Freeda and associated names. Popular varying forms of Freeda appearing in the Top 2000 are Frida (#852 from current records), Freida, Frieda, Freddie, Fred, Freda and Alfreda. Other variants, like Frydah, are seldom used. Adoption of these forms of Freeda reached its apex in the 1900s (average #798) and has become much less since (#1856, down 93%), with versions such as Freddie falling out of fashion. Frida is more widely used than the rest.
Freeda is alike in pronunciation to Frayda, Fredda, Freddee, Freddey, Fredia, Fredie and Freyda. Other recommended names are Aeeda, Aleida, Alleda, Ayeeda, Beda, Breanda, Breda, Breea, Breeda, Breena, Brenda▼, Brennda (see Brenda), Breonda, Brynda, Doreyda, Dreda, Dreena, Eneida, Erda, Faida, Fareena, Fayda, Fee, Fenia, Fenja, Ferna, Fidela, Frania, Frayde, Fredella, Freya▲, Freyde, Gerda, Glenda▼, Greeta, Grenada, Hedda, Heida, Ieeda, Iyeeda (see Aida), Jaeda▼, Jenda, Kelda, Korenda, Laveda, Leda, Leyda, Markeda, Nelda▼, Nireida, Orelda, Orielda, Reda, Reeda, Reseda, Selda, Theda▼, Theida, Treena, Treesa, Veeda, Velda▼, Welda, Wenda, Zayeeda, Zelda▲, Zenda and Zureida. These names tend to be less commonly used than Freeda.See names in meaning and etymology.