Frida (with variants Freda, Frieda, Frinta and Freida) is a feminine given name. In central and eastern Europe, Frida is a short form of compound names containing the Germanic element fried meaning "peace".^{[citation needed]}

People

Freda

• Freda Betti (1924–1979), French opera singer
• Freda Corbet (1900–1993), British politician
• Freda Dowie (1928–2019), English actress
• Freda Du Faur (1882–1935), Australian mountaineer
• Freda Dudley Ward (1894–1983), English socialite and mistress of future king Edward VIII
• Freda Foh Shen (born 1948), American film, television and theatre actress
• Freda Gardner (1929–2020), former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
• Freda Jackson (1907–1990), British actress
• Freda James (1911–1988), British tennis player
• Freda Koblick (1920–2011), American acrylic artist and sculptor
• Freda Josephine McDonald (1906–1975), American-born French entertainer, known as Joséphine Baker
• Freda Payne (born 1942), American singer and actress
• Freda Warrington, British author
• Freda Warfield, American politician
• Freda Wright-Sorce (1955–2005), American radio broadcaster
• Freda L. Wolfson (born 1954), American judge

Freedia

• Big Freedia (born 1978), American musician

Frida

• Frida Benneche (1880 – after 1943), American coloratura soprano
• Frida Gustavsson (born 1993), Swedish model
• Josefine Frida Pettersen (born 1996) Norwegian actress
• Frida Hansdotter (born 1985), Swedish alpine skier
• Frida Hyvönen (born 1977), Swedish singer-songwriter
• Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), Mexican painter
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad (born 1945), Swedish pop singer and member of ABBA, also known by her mononym Frida
• Frida Maanum (born 1999), Norwegian professional footballer
• Frida Stéenhoff (1865–1945), Swedish writer and feminist
• Frida Topno (1925–2018), Indian politician
• Frida Westman (born 2001), Swedish ski jumper

Frieda

• Frieda Arnold (fl. 1854–fl. 1859), British courtier, dresser (lady's maid) to Queen Victoria of Great Britain.
• Frieda Belinfante (1904–1995), Dutch cellist, conductor, prominent lesbian and member of the Dutch Resistance during World War II
• Frieda Dänzer (1931–2015), Swiss former Alpine skier
• Frieda Hempel (1885–1955), German operatic soprano
• Frieda Inescort (1901–1976), Scottish stage and film actress
• Frieda Keller (1879-1942), a Swiss murderer
• Frieda von Richthofen (1879–1956), wife of the writer D. H. Lawrence
• Frieda Zamba (born 1965), American four-time world surfing champion

Freida

• Freida Lee Mock, award-winning filmmaker
• Freida Pinto (born 1984), Indian actress and model
• Freida J. Riley (1937–1969), American science and math teacher

Fictional characters

• Frieda (Peanuts), a character from the comic strip Peanuts
• Frieda, a character in the Adventure Time miniseries "Islands"
• Frieda Petrenko, a character from UK TV series Holby City
• Frieda Pesky, a character from the TV series The Buzz on Maggie
• Frida Suarez, a character from the television series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
• Frida Villarreal, character in the telenovela Entre el amor y el odio
• Frieda, a character from the children's film, Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
• Freida "Freddi", a character from the Time Warp Trio book series and the adapted TV series
• Frieda Berlin, a character from the television series Orange Is the New Black
• Frida, a character from the television series Hilda
• Frieda Jason, a character from the Stephen King novel, Carrie
• Frieda Reiss, a character from the manga series Attack on Titan and the adapted TV series.

Animals

• Frida (dog), Mexican search and rescue dog