Frayah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Frayah by the numbers

Frayah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Frayah

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

  • Fraya7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Freyah9 in the US (2017)
  • Freyalady; goddess of love1,802 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Farahjoy, happiness, cheerfulness47 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Faythfaith; a modern spelling of Faith39 in the US (2017)
  • Fridahpeaceful ruler; a form of Frieda5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Frayah

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