Frederick (given name)

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Male given name

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Field	Value
name	Frederick
image	Frederick II and eagle.jpg
caption	Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and the Eagle
pronunciation
gender	Male
meaning	"peaceful ruler"
origin	Germanic
name day	July 18
related names	Frid, Fritz, Rick, Ricky, Fred, Fedde, Freddy, Redd, Friedrich, Federico, Fredrik, Fadrique
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| name = Frederick | image=Frederick II and eagle.jpg | imagesize= | caption=Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and the Eagle | pronunciation=
| gender = Male | meaning ="peaceful ruler" | region = | origin = Germanic | name day = July 18 | related names = Frid, Fritz, Rick, Ricky, Fred, Fedde, Freddy, Redd, Friedrich, Federico, Fredrik, Fadrique Frederick is a masculine given name meaning "peaceful ruler". It is the English form of the German name Friedrich. Its meaning is derived from the Germanic word elements frid, or peace, and ric, meaning "ruler" or "power".

Frederick ranked among the top 100 names in the United States between 1880 and 1957 and has declined thereafter. It was ranked as the 536th most popular name for boys in 2009 in that country. It ranked as the 99th most popular name for boys in England and Wales in 2007. Freddy, a short form, ranked as the 60th most popular name for boys in England and Wales in 2008.

Frederica is a feminine variant of the name Frederick.

Variants

Afrikaans: Frederik
Breton: Frederig
Catalan: Frederic
Croatian: Fridrik
Czech: Bedřich, Bedříšek, Béda
Danish: Frederik, Frede
Dutch: Frederick, Frederik, Fred, Frits, Freek, Rik, Fedde
Emiliano-Romagnolo: Fedrîgh
English: Frederick, Fredrick, Fred, Freddy, Freddie, Frederic, Fredric
Estonian: Priidu, Priit, Priidik, Preedik, Reedik
Faroese: Fríðrikur
Finnish: Fredrik, Veeti, Rieti, Reeti, Reetu
French: Frédéric (Frédérique is the feminine variant)
German: Friedrich, Fritz, Fredi, Fredy, Feick, Frierdich
Greek: Φρειδερίκος (Freideríkos)
Hungarian: Frigyes, Frici
Icelandic: Friðrik
Irish: Feardorcha
Italian: Federico, Fredo, Federigo (obsolete)
Latin: Fridericus
Latvian: Frīdrihs, Fricis, Frīdis, Freds, Fredijs, Frederiks
Lithuanian: Frederikas
Norwegian: Fredrik
Old Frisian: Frethirik
Old Norse: Friðríkr
Polish: Fryderyk, Fredek, Fryc
Portuguese: Fradique, Frederico
Romanian: Frederic
Russian: Фридрих (Fridrih), Фредерик (Frederik)
Scottish Gaelic: Freadaraig
Serbian: Fridrih
Slovene: Friderik
Spanish: Federico, Fico, Feche, Fede, Fadrique (obsolete)
Swedish: Fredrik
Welsh: Ffredrig, Ffred

Notable people with the name

Kings of Denmark

King of Sweden

Frederick I of Sweden (1676-1751)
Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710–1771)

Kings of Prussia

Frederick I of Prussia (1657-1713), previously Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786), Frederick the Great
Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-1888), also King Frederick III of Prussia
Frederick William I of Prussia (1688–1740)
Frederick William II of Prussia (1744–1797)
Frederick William III of Prussia (1770–1840)
Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795–1861)

Others

Frederick of Utrecht (–834/838), saint, bishop of Utrecht
Fred Akuffo (1937–1979), Ghanaian army officer, Head of State of Ghana from July 1978 to June 1979
Fred Astaire (1899–1987), born Frederick Austerlitz, American dancer, actor and singer
Frederick Benteen, American military officer
Frederick Cronyn Betts, Canadian politician and solicitor
Freddie Blassie, American professional wrestling villain and manager
Frederick C. Bock, American World War II pilot
Fred Bodsworth, Canadian writer, journalist and amateur naturalist
Frederick Russell Burnham, American scout and world-traveling adventurer
Frederick Bywaters (1902–1923), English murderer
Frederick Carrington, British military leader
Frederick William Chapman (1806-1876), American Congregational minister, educator, and genealogist
Frederick Chatard (1807–1897), American naval officer
Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer, one of the greatest composers of the Romantic Era
Fredrick de Silva, Sri Lankan Ambassador to France and UNESCO
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman
Federico Fellini, Italian filmmaker
William Frederick Fisher, American physician and former NASA astronaut
Frederick Forsyth (1938–2025), British writer and journalist
Frederick Graff (1775–1847), American hydraulic engineer
Frederick D. Gregory, former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA Deputy Administrator
Frederick Gutekunst (1831–1917), American photographer
Frederick Halterman (1831–1907), U.S. Congressman
Frederick Hatch (disambiguation)
Frederick Hauck (1941–2025), captain in the United States Navy, fighter pilot and NASA astronaut
Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, British colonial administrator who was Governor of the Gold Coast (1898–1900), Barbados (1900–04) and British Guiana (1904–11)
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, British peer, statesman, diplomat, and author
Frederic Lang, New Zealand politician, the eighth Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1913 to 1922
Frederick W. Leslie, American scientist who flew on the NASA STS-73 Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist
Frederick W. Loew (1834–1909), French-American lawyer and judge
Frederick Marple (1871–1931), English footballer
Federico da Montefeltro, one of the most successful mercenary captains of the Italian Renaissance, and lord of Urbino
Fredrick Moore (born 2005), American football player
Fredrick Muyia Nafukho, Kenyan-American academic
Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782 who led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence
Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator, popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture
Frederick C. Olney (1862–1918), African-American lawyer with Native American ancestry
Frederick Alfred Pile, British army officer
Frederick Poole, English army officer and general
Frederick Roberts, British Army officer
Frederick Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, British politician during the Regency, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between August 1827 and January 1828
Frederick Sandys, British painter, illustrator, and draughtsman
Frederick Sanger, British Biochemist who twice won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Fredrick de Saram (1912–1983), Sri Lankan Sinhala army colonel, lawyer, and cricket captain
Frederick Scherger, British Air Chief Marshal
Frederick Sheide (1876–1944), American politician
Federico Spinola, Italian naval commander in Spanish Habsburg service
Frederick W. Sturckow, engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot
Frederick Sturrock (1882–1958), South African politician
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford, British jurist and Conservative politician, twice Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, British statesman, Governor of Queensland from 1905 to 1909, Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921
Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, British imperial general who came to prominence during the Anglo-Zulu War

Fictional characters

Fred G. Sanford, in the American sitcoms Sanford and Son and Sanford
Fred Jones, in Scooby Doo series
Frederick Kreiburg, a survivor in the video game Identity V
Fredrick Zoller, a character from the film Inglourious Basterds

References

Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Frederick".
OACT. "Popular Baby Names".
Campbell, Mike. "Popularity for the name Frederick".
Campbell, Mike. "Popularity for the name Freddy".
"10th Century Frisian Masculine Names".

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Frederick (given name)

Variants

Notable people with the name

Kings of Denmark

King of Sweden

Kings of Prussia

King of Württemberg

King of Bohemia

Holy Roman Emperors

Other royalty

Others

Fictional characters

References

References