Frine

given name · Latin script

Meaning: To grumble, whine, or whimper; fret; show discontent; murmur; complain

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/fɾine/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Frine is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PEPeru≈1 in 80K(inferred from the name graph)
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 138K
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 247K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Peru (inferred from the name graph)

≈400 people, est.

Sources
54 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 80K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

To grumble, whine, or whimper; fret; show discontent; murmur; complain.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Frine counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Frine is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PE Peru≈400 est.≈1 in 80K—Frine27
VE Venezuela≈210 est.≈1 in 138K—Frine14
US United States≈100 est.≈1 in 3.2M—Frine40
GT Guatemala≈45 est.≈1 in 384K—Frine7
PH Philippines≈41 est.≈1 in 2.6M—Frine3
DO Dominican Republic≈39 est.≈1 in 270K—Frine7
SV El Salvador≈26 est.≈1 in 247K—Frine7
UY Uruguay≈9 est.≈1 in 383K1—5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Frine is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, United Kingdom, Philippines

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Friné

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Friné

  • French given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Peru, United States

    Also written Phryne, Phryné, Friné, Phrynê

  • Norwegian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Friné

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Frine is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Greek, Griego: de φρύνος "hembra del sapo".

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • In ang, inflection of frīnan:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Italian, Phryne

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Frine,Hi Frine, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Frine
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
UY UruguayMontevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012)19672—
UY UruguayMontevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012)19811—
UY UruguayMontevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012)19641—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Frine mean, and where does it come from?
To grumble, whine, or whimper; fret; show discontent; murmur; complain. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Frine?
A machine transcription gives /fɾine/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Frine a male or female name?
Frine is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Frine have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 399 people named Frine in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled frine.
How common is the name Frine?
Mondonomo estimates about 400 people in Peru have Frine as their first given name, about 1 in 80 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Frine”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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