Frye
Frye is a family name.
Origin and Meaning
Frye, as a variation of Fry an English surname derived from a nickname. Common root of both variants is the Old English word frig with the meaning "free".
Bearers of the name
- Channing Frye ( b. 1983 ), American basketball player
- Charlie Frye ( born 1981 ), American football player
- Christopher B. Frye ( born 1956 ), American composer and music educator
- David Frye (1934-2011), American parodist
- Don Frye ( pianist ) ( 1903-1981 ), American jazz pianist
- Don Frye ( wrestler ) (born 1965 ), American mixed martial arts fighter, wrestler and actor
- Dwight Frye (1899-1943), American actor
- Jack Frye (1904-1959), American aviation pioneer and co-founder of the former TWA
- Johann Georg Christian Frye (c. 1750-1824 ), German landscape painter
- Northrop Frye (1912-1991), Canadian literary critic
- Richard Nelson Frye (1920-2014), American orientalist and historian
- Soleil Moon Frye (born 1976 ), American actress and director
- Sven Frye (born 1976 ), German politician ( SPD)
- Walter Frye ( † around 1474 ), English composer of the early Renaissance
- William P. Frye (1830-1911), American politician