Frady
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Frady by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Frady. In the US, 21 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Frady
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Frady. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Fraidypious or righteous; informal form of Fraidel41 in the US (2017)
- Fridapeaceful ruler; from Frithuric414 in the US (2017)
- Fiadhwild, woodland deer182 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fradeljoy; gladness; form of Freyde20 in the US (2017)
- Fraidajoy; a form of Freida19 in the US (2017)
- Fredapeaceful ruler; a form of Frederica11 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Frady
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