Frej for a boy

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

Fray Bentos pies.

For a lifetime of correcting people, go ahead.

Isn't that a brand of milkshakes?

No.

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

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

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.

I’d spell it Frey

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.

Reg with a slight speech anomaly?

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

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.

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

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

No

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.

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

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?

Wondering where you came across it?

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

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.

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.

How about Fritz ?

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

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

I think you mean Frey?

Fredge