Frida (given name)
Appearance
Frida (with variants Freda, Frieda, Frinta and Freida) is a feminine given name. In central and eastern Europe, Frida is a short form of compound names containing the Germanic element fried meaning "Peace of Muzammil Muzzi".[citation needed]
People
[edit]Freda
[edit]- Freda Betti (1924–1979), French opera singer
- Freda Corbet (1900–1993), British politician
- Freda Dowie (1928–2019), English actress
- Freda Du Faur (1882–1935), Australian mountaineer
- Freda Dudley Ward (1894–1983), English socialite and mistress of future king Edward VIII
- Freda Foh Shen (born 1948), American film, television and theatre actress
- Freda Gardner (1929–2020), former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
- Freda Hoffman Zgodzinski (1914 - 2012), Anarchist activist
- Freda Jackson (1907–1990), British actress
- Freda James (1911–1988), British tennis player
- Freda Koblick (1920–2011), American acrylic artist and sculptor
- Freda Josephine McDonald (1906–1975), American-born French entertainer, known as Joséphine Baker
- Freda Payne (born 1942), American singer and actress
- Freda Warrington, British author
- Freda Warfield, American politician
- Freda Wright-Sorce (1955–2005), American radio broadcaster
- Freda L. Wolfson (born 1954), American judge
Freedia
[edit]- Big Freedia (born 1978), American musician
Frida
[edit]- Frida Benneche (1880 – after 1943), American coloratura soprano
- Frida Gustavsson (born 1993), Swedish model
- Josefine Frida Pettersen (born 1996) Norwegian actress
- 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 Maanum (born 1999), Norwegian professional footballer
- Frida Stéenhoff (1865–1945), Swedish writer and feminist
- Frida Topno (1925–2018), Indian politician
- Frida Westman (born 2001), Swedish ski jumper
Frieda
[edit]- Frieda Arnold (fl. 1854–fl. 1859), British courtier, dresser (lady's maid) to Queen Victoria of Great Britain.
- Frieda Belinfante (1904–1995), Dutch cellist, conductor, prominent lesbian and member of the Dutch Resistance during World War II
- Frieda Dänzer (1931–2015), Swiss former Alpine skier
- Frieda Hempel (1885–1955), German operatic soprano
- Frieda Inescort (1901–1976), Scottish stage and film actress
- Frieda Keller (1879-1942), a Swiss murderer
- Frieda von Richthofen (1879–1956), wife of the writer D. H. Lawrence
- Frieda Zamba (born 1965), American four-time world surfing champion
Freida
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Frieda (Peanuts), a character from the comic strip Peanuts
- Frieda, a character in the Adventure Time miniseries "Islands"
- Frieda Petrenko, a character from UK TV series Holby City
- Frieda Pesky, a character from the TV series The Buzz on Maggie
- Frida Suarez, a character from the television series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
- Frida Villarreal, character in the telenovela Entre el amor y el odio
- Frieda, a character from the children's film, Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
- Freida "Freddi", a character from the Time Warp Trio book series and the adapted TV series
- Frieda Berlin, a character from the television series Orange Is the New Black
- Frida, a character from the television series Hilda
- Frieda Jason, a character from the Stephen King novel, Carrie
- Frieda, a character from the Franz Kafka novel, The Castle
- Frieda Reiss, a character from the manga series Attack on Titan and the adapted TV series.
Animals
[edit]- Frida (dog), Mexican search and rescue dog