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Frej for a boy

53 replies

17caterpillars1mouse · 11/04/2018 07:45

What ate your thoughts on Frej (pronounced Fray) for a boy?

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acsec · 11/04/2018 17:30

I know it says Frey, as in the Norse God, but my mind read it as Fredge. I do really like it though!

VodkaRevelation · 11/04/2018 17:26

*would guess, not yes

VodkaRevelation · 11/04/2018 17:26

I am always taken aback by the attitudes to non-English names on here. If I saw Frej written down I would guess it wasn't English and would yes it might have a non-English pronunciation, ie not 'Fredge'. If I heard it, and needed to write it down, I'd ask how it was spelled as with an anglicised spelling it could be spelled more than one way. Anyone who goes straight for 'Oooo, people will say/spell it wrong,' and makes a joke about pies should maybe question their attitudes to names and people from other cultures.

I like it, OP. It's interesting and sounds lovely.

Dozer · 11/04/2018 16:26

Fredge

pipilangstrumpf · 11/04/2018 16:24

Fritz is awful! Frej looks like it would be pronounced Fredj.

I think you mean Frey?

Buxbaum · 11/04/2018 16:13

I don't think Fritz is usable in the UK. Too many negative connotations as a pejorative slang term for Germans.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 11/04/2018 16:05

How about Fritz ?

FizzyGreenWater · 11/04/2018 15:15

I like it, but it's a hard one in the UK. Also, as Freya/Freja is now pretty mainstream here, I think some folk will see it as feminine.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 11/04/2018 15:10

I would guess that the OP might either be Nordic or have a Nordic DP.
True, Empress, I just thought, if it were already a traditional family name then in OP's shoes it wouldn't bother me if few people on here seemed to rate it.

EmpressOfJurisfiction · 11/04/2018 15:03

Wondering where you came across it?

I would guess that the OP might either be Nordic or have a Nordic DP.

BubblesAndSquarks · 11/04/2018 11:55

I would think of it as a girls name (like softening of Freja)
Also if I hadn't met a girl spelt like Freja I would probably have mispronounced it.
Do you like Frey or Finn or something similar?

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 11/04/2018 11:50

Tbh doesn''t appeal to me but we don't all like the same names do we.
Wondering where you came across it?

Buxbaum · 11/04/2018 11:44

I quite like the sound of it but the spelling makes me think of the Frijj milkshake drinks, which have been incredibly popular in every school I’ve known.

Iamagreyhoundhearmeroar · 11/04/2018 11:18

No Hmm

Strawberry2017 · 11/04/2018 11:17

Don't like it I'm afraid, think it will cause a life time of confusion having to constantly correct people.

Bexter801 · 11/04/2018 11:16

I also read fridge,sorry...but isn't it a little too like,freya

frownylady · 11/04/2018 11:15

I read it as 'Fridge' - I think you'd spend his childhood hearing the Doctor/Dentist/any other appointment coming out and saying 'Fridge, is Fridge here?' because they had only read it and any circumstance where you say it verbally having it written down as Frey or Fray - which would lead to a nickname of 'Pies' if you hadn't already got a refrigerator based nickname I would imagine. So all in all no, wouldn't work in the UK I don't think.

GooodMythicalMorning · 11/04/2018 11:14

I saw fridge too tbh. Yes a life time of corrections I reckon.

Aprilmightmemynewname · 11/04/2018 11:12

Reg with a slight speech anomaly?

Oysterbabe · 11/04/2018 11:11

When I read it I pronounced it Fredge in my head. If you're in the UK or are British then it's a no from me.

Sophronia · 11/04/2018 10:42

I’d spell it Frey

rosamore · 11/04/2018 08:24

I like it and know a little boy with the name, but he lives in a part of Europe where no one would ever presume to pronounce it with a hard J (fredg), and where Freja is the known spelling of Freya, so it's easier.

flumpybear · 11/04/2018 08:19

I red fridge to be honest- is the surname matching as this worknthem, but Frej Smith would be a bit odd

EmpressOfJurisfiction · 11/04/2018 08:17

It's a Swedish / Danish name isn't it?

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 11/04/2018 08:10

No.

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