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Frederick

What does Frederick mean?

Frederick Pronunciation of Frederick as a boys' name is pronounced FRED-er-ik. It is of Old French and Old German origin, and the meaning of Frederick is "peaceful ruler". From fred or frid meaning "peace", and rîc meaning "power, ruler". Brought by the Hunoverian kings to Britain. An interesting contemporary variant is used by actor Fredro Starr. Actors Fred MacMurray, Freddie Prince, Jr; dancer Fred Astaire; cartoon character Fred Flintstone; children's TV personality Fred Rogers; composer Frédéric Chopin; abolitionist Frederick Douglass; philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche; musician Fred Durst.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Fr-, -ick

ASSOCIATED WITH power, britain (england), philosopher

Variations

VARIANTS Eric, Erich, Erick, Erico, Erik, Eryk, Federico, Federigo, Fred, Fredd, Freddie, Freddy, Fredek, Frederic, Frederich, Frederico, Frederik, Fredi, Fredric, Fredrick, Fredrik, Frido, Friedel, Friedrich, Friedrick, Fridrich, Fridrick, Fritz, Fritzchen, Fritzi, Fritzl, Fryderky, Ric, Fredro, Rich, Rick, Ricky, Rik, Rike, Rikke, Rikki

SEE ALSO Aric, Baldric

FEMININE FORM Frederica

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Frederick Hunter (F.H.), ..

How popular is Frederick?

Frederick is a very popular first name for males (#131 out of 1220, Top 11%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#791 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Frederick reached its top position of #39 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is presently at #496. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Frederick name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Frederick outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Aric, Eric (#160 LAST YEAR), Erich, Erick (#280), Erik (#378), Federico, Fred (#1650), Freddie (#1738), Freddy (#1128), Frederic, Frederich, Fredi, Fredric, Fredrick (#1410), Fredrik, Fritz, Ric, Rich, Rick (#1872) and Ricky (#681) are the prominent related forms of Frederick (#496). These relations of Frederick reached the peak of their popularity during the years 1970-1979 (AVERAGE #812) and are now much less popular (#1513, 83%), with forms like Frederic becoming less fashionable.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Frederick, Aric, Eric, Erich, Erick in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Erik, Federico, Fred, Freddie, Freddy in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Frederic, Frederich, Fredi, Fredric, Fredrick in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Fritz, Ric, Rich, Rick, Ricky in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Frederick, Eric, Erik, Freddie, Fredrik outside U.S.


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