I wanted to call my daughter Freja in honour of the nordic goddess of love, beauty and war so that - in a totally silly way - she'd be looked after by a kick-arse goddess :) BUT wanted to use the Icelandic form of the name; Freyja - the mother wouldn't have it though :(
Considering Freya is the 19th most popular name in Britain, English should be listed as one of its usages.On a side note, I think it's nice although I dislike its similarity to the word "fray". I probably wouldn't like it as much if I weren't Norwegian. Free would be a cute nickname. [noted -ed]