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[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Let's discuss Freya
Do you like the name Freya?
What do you think of when you hear it?
Who do you picture someone named Freya to be?
Do you know anyone named Freya?

Comments

[b-gum.livejournal.com]

i knew a little girl named Freya, so she's the first person i think of... she had long, dark hair, very pale skin, was very happy, friendly, inquisitive, and (sometimes overly) independent.

I love the name Freya :)

I don't know what my Freya's middle name was, but if I had a little girl named Freya I would probably pair it was Jean. Freya Jean.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

That's a nice association.
I'm thinking Freya with the middle name Simone maybe...
Freya Jean is nice too. I think it does well with "plain" middle names.

[ohlala-nyc.livejournal.com]

I adore the name freya. A co-workers daughter is called freya and she is the cutest, brightest, happiest little girl!

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I love the name Freya/Freja.

I don't really picture any type of person in particular, except for maybe a "model" type since the only Freya I know of Freja Beha Erichsen. She's rather androgynous but that doesn't make the name feel any less feminine. The name does kind of sound badass though.

This is Freja: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R5oVPTIqh24/Sy-Ok5ipvII/AAAAAAAABpg/Bu1elpxAoj8/s640/Freja+Beha+Erichsen+5.jpg

[cerceau.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty name. I've never met a Freya, so I only associate it with the goddess and her attributes (love, fertility, beauty...), what I've read about her. I imagine someone with that name as pretty, and as having a strong character and resourcefulness.

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

It's becoming popular very quickly. Every month I hear of a new baby named Freya. It's a pretty name, though.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

really? I didn't know that.
I checked the ssa and it's not been in the top 1000 for the last 10 years.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

cool

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

she's pretty.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I think of the goddess too.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

It's one of my favorites. : ) It makes me think of the goddess.

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

I think it's going to be like Harper. It's just going to suddenly come out of nowhere.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Though it has skyrocketed in popularity, I've never met or heard of anyone irl naming their child Harper so I don't feel too worried.

[frost.livejournal.com]

I think of the goddess: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freya
Also, the character from the video game Valkyrie.
Look-wise: Nordic features, blonde hair.

I kind of like it.

[sigrunic.livejournal.com]

...this was freaky to see on my f-list in bold and big font because Freya is my name.

And yes I indeedy do like it!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

lol I'm glad to hear from a Freya who likes her name :)

[sigrunic.livejournal.com]

All I'd warn about is that it is #15 in popularity in the UK at the mo', and people can be prone to mispronouncing it. But most names that aren't extremely well known (i.e. John, Michael, Emily) get that treatment now and then.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I had no idea it was so popular in the UK!
how do they mispronounce it?

[sigrunic.livejournal.com]

I'm in NZ, but the way I have it pronounced is 'Fray-ah', not 'Fry-uh' or 'Free-uh'.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I say Fray-uh
I'm confused, you pronounce it differently?

[sigrunic.livejournal.com]

Haha, I'm making concessions for accents. Some people might tell me I say my own name the 'wrong' way simply because of how I talk.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I see

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

Very pretty and unique!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

awesome :)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I can't decide how I feel about it.
I keep saying to myself until the word "Freya" loses all meaning lol

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of the video game.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

thanks for your input :)

[gregariouspeach.livejournal.com]

I really love this name.
I like the association with fertility, beauty etc.
I like the way it looks, not sooo sure on the 'fray' sound being at the start.
Never met a real life version. My sister wrote a short story main character called Freya and I think of her. Strong, independant, beautiful, calm.
Would consider it for a daughter but think it's too close to our first daughters name which is Priya.

[familyguez.livejournal.com]

I like the name Freya but I'm not sure I'd use it. It just isn't my style.

But I mostly commented just to tell you how much I love your Hogwart* icon. Hahah.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

Do you like the name Freya? Not really, but I don't hate it either.
What do you think of when you hear it? I think of a frayed rope.
Who do you picture someone named Freya to be? A young girl with blonde hair.
Do you know anyone named Freya? Nope.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I do like it quite a lot although I don't think I'd use it, mainly because it's too out there for my conservative husband and I have other names I like more.

I picture white, blue, purple, and grey... I think of scandinavia and also norse mythology.

I imagine it someone natural, fresh, quietly confident, an individual but with a huge heart for others

I do know a Freya- she's in her 20s in Australia and is an awesome person

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I like the name Freya in theory.
It makes me think of a sci-fi or fantasy character rather than a real human being though.
I picture like some troll-slaying elf or something.
The only Freya I "know" is my cousin Matthew's dog, lol.

[becomingun.livejournal.com]

I love it.

I smile, because I love it :P

I picture a happy, good-natured girl who loves nature and is very independant and intelligent. Big eyes.

Nope, but I'd totally use it.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Hehe thanks.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

Do you like the name Freya? - Not my style but it's cute :)
What do you think of when you hear it? - Honestly, I think of chocolate hahah. In Norway there's a big chocolate company called Freia. Chocolate is always a good association though!
Who do you picture someone named Freya to be? - Someone happy and genuinely nice.
Do you know anyone named Freya? - I do actually! My little cousin in Canada is named Freyja Lucien, she's adorable.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I don't like it at all. I picture somebody with dark hair and dark skin. I've never met anybody with that name.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I used to go to class with a girl called Freya. She was very spontaneous and creative, but could also be unreasonably moody. So I think of her =).

As for the name itself, I quite like it. It has a nice sound, spelling and (mythological) connotations.

[sweetest-asylum.livejournal.com]

VIKINGS! which i love. lol perfect name for a girl born on a friday.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

I see a frazzled older woman, not very smart or pretty, kind of neurotic. I don't know why, I've never known anyone with the name, but I have a very distinct negative feeling toward it.

Alternately, a cross-eyed idiot of a cat in a book I read. The cat was a sweetheart, in her cross-eyed idiot kind of way, but I remember really hating the woman who named her Freya... come to think of it, she matches the description above, so I may have just solved my own mystery.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I think of someone very artistic, laid-back, and free-spirited. Not sure why.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I like that description :)

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

*Eh, not really. In my town it is really, really trendy. The Aidan of the upper middle class lefty snobs.
*Eeeek. Actually I just think of the blonde, grimy toddler I saw throwing a loud temper tantrum on the floor of the coffee shop the other day. I only know she was a Freya because her poor, frazzled mom finally got up and muttered to her "Freya Phoebe Anne, if you don't get off the floor right now you won't get any gummi bears all week!" Haha.
*See above. But, on the plus side I think Freya is really pretty on an adult. I picture a quiet and lovely adult, in the same class as Oona or Isla.
*I know four Freyas personally, and all are under three years old. And I've witnessed at least five or six more around town and in our local paper. I'm in western New England if that helps.