Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Pronounced: FRAY-ər(American English) FRAY-ə(British English) FRAYR(Icelandic)
Personal remark: ME
Means
"lord" in Old Norse, derived from the Germanic root *
fraujô. This is the name of a Norse god. He may have originally been called
Yngvi, with the name
Freyr being his title. Freyr is associated with fertility, sunlight and rain, and is the husband of the giantess
Gerd. With his twin sister
Freya and father
Njord he is one of the group of deities called the Vanir.