Frida (with variants Freda, Freida, Frieda, Frinta) 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".
People
Freda 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 Swain (1902–1985), English composer, pianist and music educator Freda Warrington, British author Freda Warfield, American politician Freda Wright-Sorce (1955–2005), American radio broadcaster Freda L. Wolfson (born 1954), American judge
Freedia Big Freedia (born 1978), American musician
Freida Freida Lee Mock, American award-winning filmmaker Freida McFadden, pseudonym for American thriller novelist Freida Pinto (born 1984), Indian actress and model Freida J. Riley (1937–1969), American science and math teacher
Frida Frida Argento (born 2000), Swedish actress Frida Benneche (1880 – after 1943), American coloratura soprano Frida Vyff Bruun (born 1988), Danish politician Frida Felser (1841–1941), German opera singer and actress Frida Gustavsson (born 1993), Swedish model Frida Hansdotter (born 1985), Swedish alpine skier Frida Hyvönen (born 1977), Swedish singer-songwriter Fríða Ísberg (born 1992), Icelandic novelist, short story writer and poet. Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), Mexican painter Frida Karlsson (born 1999), Swedish cross-country skier 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
Josefine Frida Pettersen (born 1996) Norwegian actress Frida E. Polli, Italian-American neuroscientist and entrepreneur Friða Saiya, Danish-Faroese singer Frida Stéenhoff (1865–1945), Swedish writer and feminist Frida Topno (1925–2018), Indian politician Frida Westman (born 2001), Swedish ski jumper
Frieda 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 Bühner (born 2004), German basketball player 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), German author and wife of the writer D. H. Lawrence Frieda Zamba (born 1965), American four-time world surfing champion
Fictional characters Frieda, a character from the comic strip Peanuts Frieda Petrenko, a character from UK TV series Holby City Frida Villarreal, character in the telenovela Entre el amor y el odio
Animals Frida (dog), Mexican search and rescue dog
See also
Freda (disambiguation)