Fraya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
7
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3333
7 babies

Fraya by the numbers

In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Fraya. In the US, 15 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Fraya

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 Fraya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Freyalady; goddess of love1,802 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Faya4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Frayah6 in the US (2017)
  • Fridapeaceful ruler; from Frithuric414 in the US (2017)
  • Freyjalady, noblewoman111 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Frejalady; a form of Freya38 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Fraya

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