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Fritha

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kobo · 15/03/2021 20:24

What do you think of this name, I think it's fresh but not too out there. Not sure how others would view it though.

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SavannahLands · 15/03/2021 22:54

Sorry but l can imagine some people struggling with pronouncing it correctly, children can be cruel, and may call them Frit-ha, as in Potato, Banana, or Pineapple varieties!

Synchrony · 15/03/2021 22:47

If I met someone with this name I wouldn't think anything bad about it. It's not a name I've heard before but it does sound Scandi to me.

Having said that, my first thought was that it reminded me of Watership Down. But hey, I love that book.

LastRoloIsMine · 15/03/2021 22:46

Sorry OP it sounds like a noise you make when you are trying not to spit out your drink when someone makes you laugh.

Freya is the goddess of love and fertility in Norse mythology if you like F names with nice meanings.

Number3BigCupOfTea · 15/03/2021 22:40

That's awful. I really love Frida though.

partyatthepalace · 15/03/2021 22:38

.... Finola and Ffion are nice too. Ffion means foxglove which is cute.

partyatthepalace · 15/03/2021 22:37

Froths is lovely - Frofro for short Grin

I think Fritha looks good written down, but hard to say and very lispy - I’d go for Frida/Freda - otherwise - Thora, Liv??

LarryUnderwood · 15/03/2021 22:32

Yep will definitely become Friffa in some parts of the UK.

calimommy · 15/03/2021 22:30

In a scandi accent it probably sounds much nicer. I keep thinking Filth when I read it - sorry haha but that said I'm sure that's just because I've not come across it before!

piglet81 · 15/03/2021 21:46

I used to work with a Fritha (who was very cool and from somewhere Scandinavian), so it has a good association for me. It’s very distinctive.

PlanetPuddle · 15/03/2021 21:45

@Awwlookatmybabyspider

Its coming out in my head as Thifa. Firtha
I can either say Thrifa or Fritter but I'm really struggling to say it correctly.
Awwlookatmybabyspider · 15/03/2021 21:42

Its coming out in my head as Thifa. Firtha

PlanetPuddle · 15/03/2021 21:42

I'm really struggling to say it but that might just be me.

Easterbunnygettingready · 15/03/2021 21:36

Conception in a Costa op??

Tambourina · 15/03/2021 21:34

No to Fritha

How about Fiona?

Teakind · 15/03/2021 21:33

I don’t like it as it’s not easy to say. It sounds awkward.

BoreOfWhabylon · 15/03/2021 21:28

Here's a recording of it being read @kobo.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl2BFccAJnY

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kobo · 15/03/2021 21:21

BoreOfWhabylon and skeggycaggy looking up The snow goose and The Shield Ring. ClashCityRocker Friffa is awful, definitely something to think about.

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kobo · 15/03/2021 21:15

SleepingStandingUp it's a short i
Watercoloursky I really like the peace meaning, it's a beautiful reference.

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spaceghetto · 15/03/2021 21:09

It's pretty but I imagine people would say "freefah"

ClashCityRocker · 15/03/2021 20:54

I like it written down, but finding it quite awkward to say out loud.

Not that my appalling formation of 'th' sounds should put you off, of course, but I do think it will end up as 'friffa'.

skeggycaggy · 15/03/2021 20:54

Fritha is the name of the girl in Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Shield Ring. I like it.

SleepingStandingUp · 15/03/2021 20:54

Is it with a short i or an ee sound?

Fr i tha
Or
Fr ee tha?

I like Freetha

Watercoloursky · 15/03/2021 20:53

Frith means 'peace' in Old English :-)

BoreOfWhabylon · 15/03/2021 20:51

Fritha is the name of the girl in The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico. A lovely story.

Lovely name too.

RootyT00t · 15/03/2021 20:50

@kobo

Haha ! Fritha! Don't know how to edit title.
Not a fan, I'm sorry. And I like original names.
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