Frey (surname)
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Frey is a surname of German origin, from the Middle High German word "vri," meaning "free," and as a name, it referred to a free man, as opposed to a bondsman or serf in the feudal system.[1][2] Other variations include Freyr, Freyer, Freyda, Freyman, Freyberg, Freystein, Fray, Frayr, Frayda, Frayberg, Frayman, Freeman.
Frey is the surname of the following people:
People
[edit]- Aaron Frey, American politician
- Albert Frey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexander Frey (politician) (1877–1945), Finnish politician and banker
- Alexander Frey, American conductor
- Alexander Moritz Frey, German author
- Alice Frey, Belgian painter
- Allan H. Frey, American neuroscientist
- Amber Frey
- Bernard Frey, appellant in Frey v. Fedoruk et al.
- Bruno Frey, Swiss economist
- Casey Frey, American actor, comedian, dancer
- Christopher Frey, German writer
- Darcy Frey, American writer
- Diana Frey, Argentine film producer
- Donald N. Frey, an American innovator in manufacturing
- Emil Frey (1838–1922), Swiss politician
- Emilio Frey (1872–1964), Argentine geographer
- Gerhard Frey, German mathematician
- Gerhard Frey (politician), (1933–2013) German politician (DVU)
- Glenn Frey (1948–2016), American recording artist and actor
- Greg Frey, American football player
- Heinrich Frey (1822–1890), Swiss entomologist
- Henri-Nicolas Frey (1847–1932), French major general
- Hugo Frey (musician), American musician
- Hugo Frey, German fighter pilot
- James Frey, American writer
- James N. Frey, American writer
- Jim Frey, American baseball manager
- John P. Frey, American labor activist
- Joseph Samuel C. F. Frey (born Joseph Levi; 1771–1850), missionary
- Konrad Frey, German gymnast
- Leonard Frey, American actor
- Lonny Frey, American baseball player
- Louis Frey, Jr. (1934–2019), American politician
- Łucja Frey, Polish physician and neurologist
- Martin Frey (1904–1971), German politician
- Max Frey (1874–1944), German painter and graphic artist
- Mogens Frey, Danish cyclist
- Nicolas Frey, French footballer, brother of Sébastien
- Oliver Frey, Swiss magazine illustrator
- Oliver W. Frey, American politician
- Paul Frey, Canadian operatic tenor
- Perry A. Frey, American biochemist
- Peter Frey (journalist), German journalist
- Peter Frey (sailor) (born 1949), Swiss sailor
- Petra Frey, Austrian singer
- Raymond Frey (1941–2012), American philosopher
- Raymond E. Frey (physicist) (born 1956), American physicist
- R. Scott Frey, American contemporary sociologist
- Richard Karl Hjalmar Frey (1886–1965), Finnish entomologist, specialist of Diptera
- Richard L. Frey, (1905–1988), American bridge player
- Roger Frey (1913–1997), French politician
- Sébastien Frey (born 1980), French football goalkeeper, brother of Nicolas
- Stephen Frey, American author
- Steve Frey, American baseball player
- Toomas Frey, Estonian botanist and ecologist
- William J. Frey (1929-2011), American politician, businessman, and farmer
Fictional characters
[edit]- House Frey, from A Song of Ice and Fire
- Dieter Frey, from Call for the Dead le Carre
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Frey Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". houseofnames.com. January 2000. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ "Frey Name Meaning & History". Ancestry.com.