68%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English Pronounced Pron. FREE-də [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Short form of names ending in freda or fred, such as Winifred or Alfreda. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantWinnieDiminutiveFreddieMasculine FormAlfredOther Languages & CulturesAlfreda(German) Winifreda, Winefride(History) Alfreda(Italian) Alfreda(Polish) Winifred, Winnifred(Welsh) User SubmissionsFréda, Freda PopularityDetails Last ranked #71 in 1934 England and Wales (historical) Last ranked #93 in 1929 New Zealand Last ranked #951 in 1975 United States Categories currently out of the US top 1000, diminutives, Downton Abbey characters, ends in -da, How to Train Your Dragon characters, isograms, short forms