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".

People

Freda

* Frida Argento (born 2000), Swedish actress * 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 Hoffman Zgodzinski (1914–2012), Anarchist activist * 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 Swain (1902–1985), English composer, pianist and music educator * 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 Felser (1841–1941), German opera singer and actress * Frida Gustavsson (born 1993), Swedish model * 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 * Josefine Frida Pettersen (born 1996) Norwegian actress * 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), German author and wife of the writer D. H. Lawrence * Frieda Zamba (born 1965), American four-time world surfing champion

Freida

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

Fictional characters

* Freda, a young Rohirrim in the Lord of the Rings film series * 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, a character from the Franz Kafka novel, '' The Castle'' *Frieda Reiss, a character from the manga series '' Attack on Titan'' and the adapted TV series.

Animals

* Frida (dog), Mexican search and rescue dog