Freya or Freyja?

[Mooncake2020]

Hiya, not sure which spelling to go for?

Freya or Freyja?

I think it has a certain boho or arty air to it.

Very popular - though I don’t personally know any🎨

My daughter's both have friends called Freya. I have never seen Freyja before and my autocorrect just tried to change it to Freya, I would probably pronounce it wrong if I hadn't read this thread.

Don't condemn her to a life of saying "Freyja with a j" ... although it might be amusing to see where people then put said "j" in her name!

I know 3 aged 5 and under. All Freya. All from fairly boho middle class families.

As someone in their early 20s, you will struggle with younger generations (including hers) pronouncing it correctly. Times have moved on and the background of this spelling isn’t common knowledge. I doubt many people my age are familiar with “Freyja” compared to older generations so she will be constantly correcting people.

Freya. It's super popular around here, can't move without meeting one! It's still fairly middle-class as far as I can tell but I also think it's one of the popular names that's currently riding a wave. I really liked it for DD but DH didn't. I'm actually very glad he held out against it now (just because there are so many of them)

There's a Freya and a Freja in my daughter's class. Not seen the spelling with both y and j before though. For those saying Freyja is the origin spelling, so is Freja, but Freya is more common (and less likely to be misspelt) in the UK, so take your pick.