Boy name Old German origin Christian tradition

Friedrich

FREE-drikh · 9 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Peaceful ruler (Frederick)
Language
Old German
Culture
Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
classic
Themes
royal · peace
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#4921
2024 births20
Peak year2021
First appeared1914
Total US births623
2021 peak19141942196919972024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Fritz
Alternate spellings
FryderykFriedrick
In other languages
Friedrich (German)Frederik (Danish)Frédéric (French)Fryderyk (Polish)Federico (Italian/Spanish)

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Schiller
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