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in reply to a message by Tippins
I have an Aunt Freda and had a Great-Aunt Freda, so I'm biased. But growing up I loved the name because it sounded like "freedom." (The fact that Auntie Freda was a 60's radical, who worked in the peace corps in Nigeria helped the image along. But I digress.) I've sometimes played around with the idea of Freedom as a fn, with Freda as a nn. Could this work for you?
As far as the spelling, I think Frida / Frieda / Freda are all fine standing alone. I've also had trouble fiding a more conventional formal name and just gave up. The obvious femininzed form of Frederick didn't help because I couldn't find a spelling I liked to get the three syllables, "freh-DREE-kuh," that I wanted. Fredrika doesn't do it for me. Frederica looks lovely, but it makes me want to say four syllables, "fred-er-EE-cuh."
I've flirted with Elfriede / Elfreda. I still love that one. Maybe that would work instead of the ones you listed. They are all sweet and quirky.
In the end I just gave up and settled on Freda Margaret, as is. :-)
As far as the spelling, I think Frida / Frieda / Freda are all fine standing alone. I've also had trouble fiding a more conventional formal name and just gave up. The obvious femininzed form of Frederick didn't help because I couldn't find a spelling I liked to get the three syllables, "freh-DREE-kuh," that I wanted. Fredrika doesn't do it for me. Frederica looks lovely, but it makes me want to say four syllables, "fred-er-EE-cuh."
I've flirted with Elfriede / Elfreda. I still love that one. Maybe that would work instead of the ones you listed. They are all sweet and quirky.
In the end I just gave up and settled on Freda Margaret, as is. :-)
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