Freya

Freya is Norse mythology's most glamorous export, the goddess of love, beauty, war, and death, riding a chariot drawn by two enormous cats. Her name comes from the Old Norse word for "lady" and gave us, indirectly, our word Friday. Long a staple in Scandinavia and the UK, Freya crossed into American usage more recently and has climbed steadily into the top 160s, fueled by a renewed appetite for Old Norse names. Two syllables, an airy diphthong, a soft final a. Freya feels windswept and quietly powerful, the sort of name that suits a girl who will make her own weather.