Freesia
FREE-zhuh
German/Latin
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Fragrant flower
- Origin
- German/Latin
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Freesia does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Fragrant flower", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Freesia.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Freesia is the sweet savour — love walking, Christ offering, sacrifice rising as incense, the fragrance of a life poured out.
- Verses on this meaning
- Ephesians 5:2
"And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour."
- Psalm 141:2
"Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense."
- Ephesians 5:2