Freedom
Old English · Girl · 2 syllables
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About the name Freedom
The given name 'Freedom' directly derives from the Old English word *frēodōm*, meaning "state of free will" or "liberty," rooted in the Proto-Germanic *frijahals* ("free from bondage").
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Etymology
The given name 'Freedom' directly derives from the Old English word *frēodōm*, meaning "state of free will" or "liberty," rooted in the Proto-Germanic *frijahals* ("free from bondage"). It is used primarily in modern English-speaking cultures, notably in the United States, where it emerged as a virtue name during the 19th-century abolitionist movement and later among countercultural or secular families, with no specific religious affiliation.
Freedom currently ranks #9,057 in the United States as a girl's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1976.
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