Frida
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of mainly Old Norse origin. The oldest known use in Sweden is from 1388. It can also be a short form of the Germanic names Frideborg, Alfrida, Elfrida and Valfrida.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Frida (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Frida has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 609 |
| 1999 | 494 |
| 2000 | 476 |
| 2001 | 389 |
| 2002 | 455 |
| 2003 | 459 |
| 2004 | 423 |
| 2005 | 406 |
| 2006 | 320 |
| 2007 | 293 |
| 2008 | 219 |
| 2009 | 199 |
| 2010 | 163 |
| 2011 | 146 |
| 2012 | 128 |
| 2013 | 101 |
| 2014 | 113 |
| 2015 | 83 |
| 2016 | 63 |
| 2017 | 56 |
| 2018 | 60 |
| 2019 | 36 |
| 2020 | 43 |
| 2021 | 48 |
| 2022 | 40 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 18,870 |
| 2000 | 19,187 |
| 2001 | 19,444 |
| 2002 | 19,754 |
| 2003 | 20,072 |
| 2004 | 20,374 |
| 2005 | 20,653 |
| 2006 | 20,861 |
| 2007 | 21,066 |
| 2008 | 21,204 |
| 2009 | 21,315 |
| 2010 | 21,402 |
| 2011 | 21,487 |
| 2012 | 21,539 |
| 2013 | 21,584 |
| 2014 | 21,631 |
| 2015 | 21,657 |
| 2016 | 21,668 |
| 2017 | 21,667 |
| 2018 | 21,667 |
| 2019 | 21,641 |
| 2020 | 21,659 |
Frida in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Frida.Hi! My name is Frida.
- Frida ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Frida called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Frida har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Frida has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Fridas mamma är lärare.Frida's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Fridas mamma is Frida's mum.
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Questions about Frida
How do you pronounce Frida in Swedish?
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What does the name Frida mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of mainly Old Norse origin. The oldest known use in Sweden is from 1388. It can also be a short form of the Germanic names Frideborg, Alfrida, Elfrida and Valfrida.
How popular is Frida in Sweden?
40 babies were named Frida in 2022. In 2020, 21,659 people in Sweden had Frida as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.