Boy name Old German origin Christian tradition

Frederick

FRED-rik · 9 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Peaceful ruler
Language
Old German
Culture
Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
vintage
Themes
royal · peace
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#423
2024 births741
Peak year1951
First appeared1880
Total US births265,324
1951 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
FredFreddyRick
Alternate spellings
FredrickFriedrich
In other languages
Friedrich (German)Federico (Italian/Spanish)Frédéric (French)Fryderyk (Polish)

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Notable people named Frederick

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