Frida (opera)
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Etymology

  • In Scandinavia, Frida mainly derives from the name Fríða, short for female names ending in fríðr "beautiful, beloved".
  • In Middle and Eastern Europe Frida is a short form of compound names containing the Germanic element fried "peace"; cognate to English Freda.

Proper noun



  1. occasionally used in English.


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  1. of Old Norse and Germanic origin.


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  1. of Germanic origin; a less common spelling of Frieda.


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  1. of Old Norse and Germanic origin.

Related terms


Female given names ending in fríðr:


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  1. 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.
 
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