Comments for FREYA:

Urg, I just don't like this name. It sounds too ... I don't know.

-- Anonymous User  8/20/2005

I think Freya is a beautiful, strong yet feminine name, and I love the mythology that goes with it.

-- electra  10/11/2005

Along with a girl named Evangeline, who was actually her other half, Freya was attached to death in a short story. Sadly though I am temporarily braindead and cannot think of its name, good story though if I do say so myself.

-- Esophtia  1/5/2006

I was thinking of names for my future daughter one night, trying to come up with alternatives for Flora. Then I thought: "Freya!" I got up and started shuffling these Goddess oracle cards I have, imaging calling a baby, a little girl, and a teenager by the name Freya. All of a sudden, a card slipped out of the deck and fell onto my lap. It was Freya.

I thought that was way too freaky to be a coincidence. I decided right then and there: Freya was my first daughter.

-- Belldandy  1/23/2006

I think Freya is an absolutely lovely name and I intend to name my first daughter (if I have one) Freya.

-- Silversliver  2/17/2006

The previous name of the Chobit Dark Chi in the manga & anime series Chobits.

-- gorgen_kally  2/18/2006

In Norse mythology Freya had a twin brother, who was rather unimaginatively called Frey, who was the god of fertility and crops. Their father was Njorth, the god of the sea, and their mother was Njord's sister, Ingun. (A bit warped if you ask me. Wouldn't Frey and Freya have been deformed or something?)

-- hana  5/10/2006

The mother of Freya was actually Skadi a giant from the mountains who picked out Njord to be her husband because she liked his feet. Don't know how that works out but apparently it does.

-- isolde  5/27/2006

Skadi chose Njord because of his small feet. It was the only thing she saw of a row of Gods. She didn't know that it was Njord. She thougt it was Balder.

-- Kaat5  9/9/2008

This is such a beautiful name! So lovely and feminine for a girl or woman.

-- Anonymous User  3/23/2007

This is such a beautiful name! I plan on naming my first daughter Elizabeth Joan Freya or Elizabeth Freya Joan. I think it's lovely.

-- 1crzychick  3/23/2007

Pronounced FRAY-ah, though I'd like it more if it was pronounced FREE-ah.

-- TheLastMontague  3/25/2007

No offense, but there is something about this name I just don't like. It doesn't even sound pretty. If it was my name I would go for a legal name change.

-- Anonymous User  4/1/2007

Awesome name. Don't know why it hasn't been picked up in the States.

-- Anonymous User  6/9/2007

Freya sounds the same like the German word "Freier", which means suitor.

-- Manora  6/25/2007

The name was in the Icelandic movie, Seagulls Laughter. The character was a sophisticated murderer named Freya.

-- carenmuffin  8/14/2007

Freya is my name. Everyone who's ever met me said it was pretty, though hardly anyone ever pronounces it right. Usually I am called Free-uh, or Fry-uh. Both of which drive me crazy. Sometimes I wish I had a name that was easier to pronounce. But I still wouldn't change my name.

-- skysthelimit  9/4/2007

Freya is most often known as the goddess of war, battle, death, magic prophecies and wealth. So, if you're into mythology "stuff" then you might like it. I have to say, I wouldn't want to be named after something meaning war battle and death!

-- Deeedra  9/8/2007

A truly horrible name for a little girl - an ugly name is the only way to describe it - with so many pretty girls names to choose from - why on earth Freya?

-- teague  10/28/2007

Freya is not a very feminine name, when I think of Freya I think of someone not very feminine.

-- Anonymous User  11/2/2007

Such a surprise that this name is actually popular! I personally love this name, lively and strong not like the little bland names that are so popular today. It sounds perfeclty feminine, womanly, and if you had still any doubt, its meaning is 'lady'. I sure see a man called like that.

-- Anonymous User  11/15/2007

Frøya is the correct Scandinavian spelling.

-- Anonymous User  11/29/2007

I don't know why, but Freya puts me in mind of a product that you would find in the dairy fridge at the supermarket, it sounds like a product name for cheese or milk.

-- Anonymous User  12/23/2007

I know a horse whose registered name is Freya. To be honest the horse is pretty ugly, so it's kind of ironic that it's named after the Goddess of Beauty. And it's just plain ugly.

-- bijou_caoimhe  1/22/2008

Personally, I love this name. It's so pretty. It's also quite different.

-- Viktoriya  2/28/2008

It can also be spelled "Freija".

-- Viktoriya  2/28/2008

I'm not sure why people think this name is so masculine, it sounds amazing.

-- AudioXVampire  3/2/2008

For some weird reason, this name is starting to grow on me. It sounds lovely and elegant!

-- KamekoIida  3/16/2008

Cool name, but hideously overused and thus trivialized in Britain, it appears. This sounds like the name of a cool and beautiful girl with reddish-brown hair and green eyes.

-- slight night shiver  4/22/2008

There's a song by The Sword called "Freya." It's used on the video game "Guitar Hero II."

-- lucky3teen  5/21/2008

I love this name, so beatiful and unique. (At least, it's not common in America.)

-- erb816  8/24/2008

This name is so beautiful. I wonder how come it doesn't get used in the States.

-- number1212  11/8/2008

I love this name, I think it's pretty and ladylike and for the longest time I have planned to name my next cat Freya.

-- A.Miles  1/5/2009

In Gail Carson Levine's amazing novel The Two Princesses of Bamarre, the great Drualt's dead lover's name is Freya.

-- Anonymous User  1/15/2009

In the Scandinavian languages, it's normally pronounced "FRIE-a", not "FRAY-a". "FRAY-a" is the English pronunciation.

-- LoQuiero  3/6/2009

I think this is a really pretty name, and one of my (numerous) online nicknames. It's a very strong name, both in sound and mythological namesake, but still feminine.

-- gala  3/18/2009

The lusty and busty Norse goddess of fertility and riches. Freyja is a tall slender blonde, resembling the members of the Swedish Bikini Team. Her gifts are coveted by many and experienced by many others. She once engaged in a dwarf orgy in return for a beautiful gold necklace; this didn't make Odin too happy upon hearing about it from Loki. Also the leader of the Valkyries.

-- Anonymous User  5/21/2009

I guess it's mystical, but I don't like that it reminds me of the (English) word "fray," like something has a frayed or torn edge. That's not appealing.

-- Anonymous User  5/23/2009

In the video game, Final Fantasy IX, one of the playable characters is a rat-like humanoid named Freya. She fights with a spear/lance and maintains a tough warrior attitude despite the destruction and tragedy that comes to her race.

-- gorgen_kally  5/26/2009

Famous British writer Dame Freya Stark, who lived a long life (1893-1993).

-- Jonquil  6/6/2009

Actually, in Sweden, the pronunciation definitely sounds more like "FRAY-a", rather than "FRIE-a", and this is coming from a Swede. Beautiful name by the way.

-- metope  10/17/2009

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