Opinions on Freya please

[Exhaustedmummy1811]

I am currently expecting a little girl and I am in love with the name Freya (her middle name will be Rose) but everyone I have told has said they hate it! I already have Dylan, Noah, Isabelle-mae and Olivia (hope this isn't outing) other than Freya the only other name I like is Evelyn or Evie, her middle name will be Rose regardless of first name.
Why are so many people not keen Freya?

I dont like it because I knew a freya and she was an arse. I like Evelyn.

People might not like it as it is fairly common now - I love it but wouldn’t choose it for that reason! If you love it though then I think it’s lovely especially with rose

I love it. As long as you like it who cares what people think. I've never told people before my kids were born and just announced the name when I hate the baby. That way no one will tell you why they think 😂

*had the baby not hate the baby

Sounds beautiful to me

I’ve sleays like it. Just a lovely pretty name.

I love it, would have named dd Freya but it sounds really odd with my surname.

I've always loved the name Freya - but it's become so common these days I'm starting to go off it :( it's beautiful though!

It's very common round here

I think it’s a beautiful name but didn’t choose it for DD2 as there are several other Freyas in DD1’s nursery (I have a top 10 name and hate always having to add an initial or whatever to differentiate me!) plus DD1 is Astrid and wanted to avoid a pseudo-Scandi theme as we have no connections. Sod what other people think!

Thank you ladies that made me feel better. We have no Freya's in the school or nursery here but I wouldn't mind if there was one or two. I've never gone in for really unusual names but do try to avoid anything really popular (loved joshua for my eldest but there were 6 here) I love Astrid though thats beautiful

I think it's a lovely name and it's definitely not common where I live. I'm a teacher and have taught peripatetic in a number of schools across our local authority until a couple of years ago and have never taught one or known of one in any of the schools I've been in. Must just depend on where you are.

Freya is a beautiful name!

A pretty name but also the brand of a bra for the larger of boob

The first time I heard it I thought it was lovely but it is now overused.

I know a Freya. She is a lovely person. It's a good name.

I like it and it goes well with your other children's names.

It's a nice name. I've only ever met one despite its apparent popularity & she's in her twenties.

It's probably just due to the popularity that people are a bit bored of it. It is a lovely name though.

I love it and would have used it if I had a daughter. It sounds pretty and has the awesome Norse goddess link going for it.

It’s really common atm so that would put me off. My DC all have one in their class and did at their old school too.

How rude of them to be uncomplimentary about your baby name choice... if you can’t say anything nice etc etc. My mother in law asked if she could call our son something other than the name we gave him (a variation on it) just because she preferred her alternative. This was on the day he was born, but once she met him and everyone else was (obviously) using the name we had given him, she has never raised the matter of her preferred alternative since! Give your child the name you love and everyone will adjust their opinions. x

I like the name, but it is popular atm - I know 4 under the age of 10.

I like it. I prefer it with the Norse spelling though- Freja

Freya Rose is a beautiful name!