Fred Forename
618th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,287,372 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Uganda
Fred Forename Definition:
FREDDIE or FREDDY. Pet-names for a person bearing any of the next four. Fred, however, is rarely applied to a Frederica.
Fred Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 455,473 | 1:796 | 161 |
| Uganda | 99% | 279,346 | 1:147 | 24 |
| Ghana | 100% | 60,849 | 1:443 | 100 |
| Canada | 100% | 58,846 | 1:563 | 116 |
| Germany | 100% | 45,844 | 1:2,109 | 340 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 42,058 | 1:270 | 41 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 35,647 | 1:474 | 86 |
| Kenya | 100% | 31,192 | 1:1,485 | 286 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 27,223 | 1:1,939 | 386 |
| Zambia | - | 26,856 | 1:590 | 126 |
| Central African Republic | - | 19,455 | 1:232 | 70 |
| England | 100% | 17,795 | 1:3,125 | 433 |
| Mozambique | - | 15,360 | 1:1,774 | 392 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 15,302 | 1:11,604 | 1,446 |
| France | 99% | 13,674 | 1:4,861 | 434 |
| Philippines | 99% | 13,330 | 1:7,953 | 1,152 |
| Malawi | 99% | 13,284 | 1:1,288 | 269 |
| Australia | - | 9,310 | 1:1,467 | 294 |
| Congo | 100% | 8,910 | 1:562 | 89 |
| Sudan | 100% | 8,527 | 1:4,434 | 706 |
| Brazil | 100% | 7,004 | 1:30,588 | 2,532 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,245 | 1:5,875 | 916 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,927 | 1:11,068 | 1,841 |
| Angola | 100% | 3,914 | 1:6,890 | 946 |
| Madagascar | - | 3,628 | 1:6,513 | 1,242 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 3,597 | 1:2,266 | 263 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 3,482 | 1:4,430 | 714 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,087 | 1:610 | 111 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,072 | 1:1,477 | 328 |
| Togo | - | 2,802 | 1:2,584 | 421 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2,784 | 1:1,585 | 278 |
| Norway | 100% | 2,662 | 1:1,928 | 358 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,472 | 1:3,323 | 540 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,291 | 1:4,303 | 510 |
| China | - | 1,801 | 1:758,498 | 30,761 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,797 | 1:6,394 | 860 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,771 | 1:70,098 | 2,178 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,750 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,436 | 1:7,470 | 910 |
| Morocco | - | 1,228 | 1:27,971 | 1,510 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,191 | 1:133,889 | 8,095 |
| Portugal | - | 1,181 | 1:8,815 | 558 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,111 | 1:19,451 | 1,777 |
| Poland | 99% | 1,037 | 1:36,670 | 1,080 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 1,007 | 1:73,314 | 4,244 |
| Peru | 100% | 986 | 1:32,243 | 2,055 |
| Scotland | 100% | 925 | 1:5,784 | 515 |
| Bahamas | - | 797 | 1:501 | 111 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 792 | 1:38,447 | 3,354 |
| Egypt | 100% | 781 | 1:117,671 | 5,155 |
| Indonesia | - | 714 | 1:361,294 | 29,879 |
| Colombia | 100% | 692 | 1:69,045 | 2,663 |
| Russia | 99% | 666 | 1:216,567 | 3,120 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 651 | 1:46,393 | 2,836 |
| Jamaica | - | 649 | 1:4,443 | 748 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 642 | 1:16,248 | 1,632 |
| Vanuatu | - | 610 | 1:429 | 96 |
| Samoa | - | 548 | 1:356 | 99 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 462 | 1:1,221 | 240 |
| Hong Kong | - | 456 | 1:17,002 | 2,034 |
| Estonia | 100% | 448 | 1:2,936 | 544 |
| Mali | - | 442 | 1:38,411 | 2,315 |
| Austria | 100% | 437 | 1:19,483 | 890 |
| Fiji | - | 432 | 1:2,066 | 573 |
| Wales | 100% | 420 | 1:7,367 | 707 |
| Botswana | 100% | 364 | 1:6,001 | 977 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 364 | 1:19,648 | 2,019 |
| Kuwait | - | 323 | 1:11,719 | 1,383 |
| Thailand | 100% | 310 | 1:226,019 | 14,235 |
| Japan | - | 297 | 1:430,929 | 10,285 |
| Ecuador | - | 277 | 1:63,996 | 1,979 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 267 | 1:60,331 | 1,808 |
| India | 100% | 267 | 1:4,550,105 | 179,813 |
| Suriname | - | 263 | 1:2,102 | 491 |
| Chile | 99% | 259 | 1:67,981 | 2,078 |
| Guam | - | 248 | 1:648 | 117 |
| Singapore | 100% | 239 | 1:26,306 | 4,292 |
| Barbados | - | 191 | 1:1,517 | 353 |
| Spain | 100% | 191 | 1:243,612 | 4,497 |
| Finland | 100% | 189 | 1:29,012 | 1,328 |
| French Polynesia | - | 178 | 1:1,561 | 366 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 172 | 1:48,691 | 2,122 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 171 | 1:139,004 | 14,466 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 169 | 1:10,906 | 792 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 167 | 1:28,551 | 1,647 |
| Honduras | 100% | 163 | 1:54,095 | 2,378 |
| Ireland | 100% | 160 | 1:29,022 | 1,200 |
| Italy | 96% | 158 | 1:386,469 | 4,485 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| Qatar | 100% | 146 | 1:16,230 | 2,469 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 145 | 1:159,144 | 8,461 |
| Iraq | - | 140 | 1:250,128 | 3,898 |
| Albania | 100% | 137 | 1:22,238 | 2,742 |
| Bahrain | - | 133 | 1:10,140 | 1,551 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 130 | 1:2,078 | 405 |
| Denmark | - | 124 | 1:45,560 | 1,817 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 121 | 1:11,251 | 1,630 |
| Micronesia | - | 115 | 1:926 | 146 |
| South Korea | - | 109 | 1:50,866 | 3,415 |
| Guyana | 100% | 101 | 1:7,557 | 1,235 |
| Oman | - | 100 | 1:41,087 | 2,443 |
| Malta | - | 97 | 1:4,426 | 628 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 97 | 1:955 | 234 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 95 | 1:111,594 | 2,694 |
| Panama | 100% | 94 | 1:41,559 | 3,025 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 89 | 1:2,183,794 | 28,905 |
| Benin | 100% | 86 | 1:122,975 | 7,045 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Belize | 100% | 73 | 1:4,854 | 994 |
| American Samoa | - | 72 | 1:776 | 63 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 64 | 1:1,715 | 347 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 55 | 1:109,424 | 3,658 |
| Aruba | - | 54 | 1:1,922 | 390 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 54 | 1:178,573 | 6,047 |
| Dominica | - | 54 | 1:1,398 | 254 |
| Belarus | 93% | 53 | 1:178,913 | 1,596 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 52 | 1:10,176 | 1,051 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 52 | 1:985 | 106 |
| Burundi | 100% | 49 | 1:202,175 | 572 |
| Gambia | - | 49 | 1:39,318 | 298 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 48 | 1:1,277 | 288 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 47 | 1:1,347 | 252 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 47 | 1:968,083 | 3,258 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 46 | 1:1,188 | 244 |
| Bermuda | - | 43 | 1:1,508 | 344 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 39 | 1:91,033 | 1,824 |
| Armenia | 100% | 37 | 1:78,885 | 2,271 |
| Greece | 100% | 37 | 1:295,528 | 5,032 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| Iran | - | 35 | 1:2,242,768 | 13,060 |
| Iceland | - | 34 | 1:10,765 | 947 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,021 | 229 |
| Croatia | 100% | 33 | 1:127,790 | 2,783 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 32 | 1:3,487 | 654 |
| Vietnam | - | 31 | 1:2,987,842 | 3,334 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 30 | 1:68,000 | 6,547 |
| Brunei | 100% | 29 | 1:14,468 | 942 |
| Jersey | - | 28 | 1:3,571 | 499 |
| Afghanistan | - | 27 | 1:1,208,278 | 13,684 |
| El Salvador | - | 27 | 1:234,881 | 3,098 |
| Czechia | 98% | 26 | 1:409,852 | 2,291 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 26 | 1:682,571 | 8,734 |
| Romania | - | 26 | 1:771,230 | 20,422 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Libya | - | 25 | 1:248,852 | 929 |
| Monaco | 100% | 24 | 1:1,603 | 333 |
| Argentina | 100% | 20 | 1:2,138,662 | 7,817 |
| Hungary | 100% | 20 | 1:489,589 | 1,828 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Turkey | 100% | 18 | 1:4,322,317 | 20,987 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 17 | 1:51,240 | 2,169 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 16 | 1:11,113 | 1,461 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 13 | 1:1,413,805 | 35,544 |
| Cambodia | - | 13 | 1:1,251,795 | 17,972 |
| Uruguay | - | 13 | 1:263,664 | 4,255 |
| Grenada | 100% | 11 | 1:9,830 | 1,266 |
| Mauritius | - | 11 | 1:117,980 | 3,424 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Tunisia | - | 10 | 1:67,690 | 3,091 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Israel | 67% | 9 | 1:933,658 | 13,501 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 8 | 1:904,601 | 6,499 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 7 | 1:833 | 183 |
| Moldova | - | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Georgia | 100% | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Andorra | - | 4 | 1:20,722 | 745 |
| Anguilla | - | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 4 | 1:47,999 | 3,228 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Serbia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Transnistria | - | 4 | 1:118,910 | 1,275 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Latvia | 100% | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 3 | 1:12,619 | 697 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Niger | - | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
The alternate forms: Fréd (24) & Frèd (3) are calculated separately.
Fred (47,806) may also be a surname.
Fred Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
FREDDIE or FREDDY. Pet-names for a person bearing any of the next four. Fred, however, is rarely applied to a Frederica.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Fred Forename Popularity
Fred Demographics
Average Male Fred Height
176.05 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 10,747 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Fred Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fred in the Russian language | ||
| Фред | fred | - |
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fred