Frederic Forename

1,973rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 512,434 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Frederic Forename Definition:

A male name. (Latin Fredericus, German Friedrich, Fritz, French Frédéric, Italian Federigo)Old German Frithuric, compound of frithu ‘peace’ and ricja ‘rule’. There was a corresponding, rather rare, Old English name Freodhoric which is probably behind the Fredericus who appears in Domesday Book as a tenant Tempore Regis Edwardi (In the Reign of Edward the Confessor).

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Frederic Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France
100%
263,8151:25269
DR Congo
99%
 
54,3631:1,358252
Burundi
100%
26,7931:37084
Madagascar
100%
25,0911:942214
Belgium
100%
18,3271:627147
United States
100%
16,9401:21,4011,681
Cameroon
100%
14,8711:1,453301
Rwanda-14,0191:811187
Canada
100%
10,9311:3,031566
Benin
100%
7,4231:1,425339
Chad
100%
4,5721:2,974432
Ethiopia
100%
4,0461:24,1133,062
Burkina Faso
100%
3,8901:4,725610
Ivory Coast
98%
 
3,4441:6,700757
Togo-3,3791:2,142355
Morocco
100%
3,1121:11,037854
Germany
100%
2,4481:39,4931,290
Philippines
100%
2,2151:47,8603,537
Sudan
100%
1,9831:19,0661,940
England
100%
1,9311:28,7951,619
Angola-1,7541:15,3741,486
Haiti
100%
1,7451:6,147803
New Caledonia
100%
1,7271:15618
Spain
100%
1,6741:27,7961,440
Poland
100%
1,5551:24,455819
Guinea
100%
1,5161:7,822626
Switzerland
100%
1,4711:5,584741
Gabon
100%
1,4431:1,305312
Thailand
100%
1,3871:50,5165,401
French Polynesia-1,3401:20714
Mali
 
67%
1,1601:14,6361,129
Saudi Arabia-9911:31,0923,837
Brazil
100%
8321:257,49510,533
Dominican Republic-7291:14,3091,487
Senegal
99%
 
7101:20,5371,208
Ghana-6741:40,0392,307
Netherlands
100%
5181:32,6302,611
Malaysia
98%
 
4381:69,5205,319
Australia-3801:35,9411,967
Congo
100%
3721:13,4661,587
Portugal-3511:29,6611,231
South Africa
99%
 
3461:157,60910,942
Japan-2931:436,81210,353
Mauritius-2931:4,429731
Vanuatu-2921:897247
China-2431:5,621,62955,923
Egypt-2391:384,52311,247
Israel
89%
 
2271:37,0172,642
Italy
100%
2271:268,9963,491
Chile
98%
 
2101:83,8442,326
Mexico
99%
 
1991:623,8416,323
Ireland
100%
1941:23,9361,087
Luxembourg-1861:3,033412
Norway
100%
1821:28,2001,474
Sweden
100%
1641:60,1092,990
United Arab Emirates-1521:47,0534,279
India
100%
1511:8,045,549261,020
Indonesia-1371:1,882,94698,365
Djibouti-1301:7,044654
Austria
100%
1281:66,5171,722
Venezuela
100%
1211:249,6028,450
Singapore
100%
1161:54,1996,755
Hong Kong-1101:70,4792,647
Nigeria
100%
991:1,793,57937,113
Lebanon
93%
 
961:58,6212,526
Bahrain-891:15,1542,209
Scotland
100%
821:65,2481,834
Andorra-751:1,105164
Ecuador-651:272,7224,004
Denmark-631:89,6752,695
Monaco
100%
631:611111
Wales
100%
581:53,3501,789
Peru
100%
501:635,82910,301
Greece
100%
491:223,1544,334
Kuwait-471:80,5386,521
New Zealand-461:98,6104,238
Russia
100%
451:3,205,19318,301
Panama
100%
411:95,2824,823
Colombia-401:1,194,47312,642
Central African Republic-361:125,428257
Laos-361:182,968231
Qatar
100%
361:65,8228,074
Uganda
96%
 
341:1,204,61519,387
Saint Barthelemy-331:29098
Vietnam-311:2,987,8423,334
Malta-281:15,3341,292
South Korea-281:198,0157,592
Guernsey-261:2,436374
Czechia
100%
241:444,0072,370
Croatia
100%
191:221,9513,696
Finland
91%
 
191:288,5894,209
Taiwan
100%
191:1,251,03642,396
Tanzania
100%
181:2,932,68423,284
Niger
100%
151:1,278,93318,398
Estonia-141:93,9564,008
Tunisia-141:48,3502,519
El Salvador-121:528,4824,653
Honduras
100%
121:734,7899,414
Liberia
100%
121:367,67210,977
Cambodia-111:1,479,39419,817
United States Virgin Islands-111:9,9771,310
Zimbabwe
100%
111:1,402,16543,227
Gibraltar-91:3,793625
Cape Verde
100%
81:66,1442,710
Paraguay
100%
81:904,6016,499
Romania-81:2,506,49724,627
Turkey
100%
81:9,725,21431,896
Northern Ireland-71:263,3071,965
Guam-71:22,9492,164
Nicaragua
100%
71:859,76211,907
Saint Lucia
100%
71:25,4022,434
Afghanistan
50%
 
61:5,437,25329,511
Antigua and Barbuda-61:16,5662,341
Bermuda-61:10,8041,174
Costa Rica
100%
61:794,6589,692
Guatemala-61:2,684,7386,435
Bolivia-51:2,120,2814,345
Zambia-51:3,170,95926,788
Argentina
67%
 
41:10,693,31119,797
Botswana-41:546,11213,807
Guinea-Bissau-41:432,054199
Iraq-41:8,754,46516,071
Kenya
100%
41:11,576,77840,588
Myanmar-41:12,987,0681,965
Serbia-41:1,786,4306,903
Seychelles
100%
41:23,1681,192
Slovakia-41:1,327,5164,597
Suriname-41:138,2032,927
Albania
100%
31:1,015,52326,928
Cuba-31:3,835,5178,849
Cyprus
100%
31:290,3593,456
Hungary
100%
31:3,263,9244,413
Kazakhstan-31:5,915,61532,741
Papua New Guinea
100%
31:2,717,438132,395
Ukraine-31:15,166,63617,541
Algeria-21:19,088,36022,377
Armenia-21:1,459,37610,220
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100%
21:1,762,2296,852
Bulgaria-21:3,495,19519,668
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Iran-21:39,248,43450,459
Kosovo-21:930,72016,593
Lithuania-21:1,475,9413,949
Maldives-21:216,9523,781
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Pakistan
100%
21:97,178,840228,758
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Azerbaijan
100%
11:9,642,94442,290
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Greenland-11:56,3711,395
Grenada-11:108,1254,208
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
100%
11:6,315385
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-11:111,5807,062
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474

The alternate forms: Fréderic (1,667), Frèderic (316), Fredéric (175), Fredèric (3), Frédéric (79,816), Frèdèric (475), Frédèric (23) & Frèdéric (1) are calculated separately.

Frederic (55,947) may also be a surname.

Frederic Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. (Latin Fredericus, German Friedrich, Fritz, French Frédéric, Italian Federigo)Old German Frithuric, compound of frithu ‘peace’ and ricja ‘rule’. There was a corresponding, rather rare, Old English name Freodhoric which is probably behind the Fredericus who appears in Domesday Book as a tenant Tempore Regis Edwardi (In the Reign of Edward the Confessor). The medieval French form Frery or Ferry is occasionally found in the 12th C, but there is little trace of the name from the end of the 12th C until the 17th C. Camden 1605 says: ‘For Frideric the English have commonly used Frery and Fery which hath been now a long time a christian name in the ancient family of Tilney, and lucky to their house as they report.’ The real acclimatization dates from the 18th C, when the Hanoverians brought it in, e.g. Frederick Prince of Wales, s. of George II. It very soon gained a firm footing and has for some 200 years been one of the commonest English men’s names. It is usually shortened, in use, to Fred or Freddy.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A variant of Frederick.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Teutonic (masculine) - Peaceful ruler.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

Frederic Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fréderic961,667/
Frèderic96316/
Fredéric96175/
Fredèric963/
Frederick94553,845/
Frederich941,657/
Fredderic94375/
Fredieric9498/
Frederric9441/
Fredericq9431/
Frederict9410/
Friederic949/
Frederikc948/
Fredericc947/
Fredereic946/
Frederici945/
Fredeeric944/
Fredheric944/
Freederic943/
Ffrederic943/
Hfrederic943/
Fredericp943/
Freideric943/
Fhrederic942/
Fredeiric941/
Fredericg941/
Fredericx941/
Frederiec941/
Frederiçc941/
Fredetric941/
Fred'eric941/
Freyderic941/
Frédéric9279,816/
Frèdèric92475/
Frédèric9223/
Frèdéric921/
Fredderick89859/
Fredierick89384/
Fredericke89200/
Frederrick8984/
Freddieric8978/
Friederick8946/
Freederick8926/
Fredeerick8918/
Fredereick8913/
Freiderick8910/
Frederieck898/
Fredericck897/
Ffrederick896/
Frederickc896/
Frederickk896/
Freiderich896/
Freaderick895/
Frrederick895/
Fredherick895/
Fredeirick894/
Fredderich894/
Frederickg893/
Frederickh893/
Fhrederick893/
Fredereich893/
Frederichs893/
Frederiche892/
Frederikck892/
Freddeeric891/
Freddeiric891/
Freddericx891/
Fredderikc891/
Fredearick891/
Frederi'ck891/
Frederickt891/
Fredericqu891/
Fredgerick891/
Fredgerric891/
Fredierhic891/
Fredierics891/
Frehderick891/
Fre'derick891/
Fred'erick891/
Fresderick891/
Freyderick891/
Frhederick891/
Pfrederick891/
Hfrederick891/
Frederidck891/
Frederik8855,320/
Frediric88189/
Frederix8883/
Frederiq8880/
Frederis8848/
Frideric8835/
Frederec8833/
Frederyc8823/
Fredyric8823/
Frederig8813/
Frederiz882/
Frederij881/
Freddierick84325/
Fredericque84138/
Fredderrick845/
Freedierick842/
Freddeirick842/
Freddericke841/
Fredderieck841/
Freddherick841/
Fredeerrick841/
Frederick's841/
Frederickhs841/
Freidierick841/
Freederrick841/
Friederisch841/
Fredtherick841/
Frederike823,856/
Fredirick821,062/
Frederiek821,021/
Fredereck82111/
Friderick82102/
Frederyck8298/
Fredyrick8236/
Freiderik8229/
Fredirich8229/
Friderich8229/
Fredderik8226/
Fréderick8224/
Friederik8220/
Fredérick828/
Frederijk828/
Freddiric827/
Frederiqu826/
Frederidk826/
Freederik825/
Fryderick825/
Freyderik825/
Frederych824/
Frederech824/
Frederikh823/
Frederiqe823/
Phrederic822/
Fredirict822/
Fredyrich822/
Friderici822/
Fredderec822/
Fredderix822/
Frederihk822/
Frederikt822/
Frèderick822/
Fredderis821/
Fredderyc821/
Frederect821/
Fredereik821/
Frederids821/
Frederikk821/
Frederish821/
Frederitk821/
Frederits821/
Frederitz821/
Frederris821/
Frederíck821/
Frayderic821/
Fredirics821/
Friederec821/
Fridderic821/
Fraideric821/
Vrederick821/
Frederigh821/
Frederikç821/
Frederiok821/
Frederrik821/
Freddyric821/
Freddierieck801/
Frederique7875,925/
Frederikke781,524/
Freddirick7840/
Fridericke7815/
Frediereck788/
Freiderike785/
Frederigue785/
Fridierick785/
Fredderyck785/
Freddierik784/
Phrederick784/
Fridderick783/
Fhriderick782/
Froiderick782/
Freiderikh782/
Fredderych782/
Freddirich782/
Freddyrick782/
Frederitze782/
Fredheryck782/
Fredyricks782/
Freddereck781/
Freddierec781/
Freddieriz781/
Freddieryc781/
Freddyrich781/
Frederecks781/
Fredereeck781/
Fredereike781/
Frederiqug781/
Friedereik781/
Friederikh781/
Friedirick781/
Friddieric781/
Friderichs781/
Phrederich781/
Fredeiryck781/
Friderik75545/
Frederyk75123/
Frederek7579/
Fredirik7549/
Frederex7526/
Fredirec7519/
Frederys7513/
Fridiric7513/
Fréderik7511/
Frederyx756/
Friderić755/
Fredirix752/
Fredérik752/
Friderec752/
Frederes752/
Frediris751/
Fryderik751/
Fryderyc751/
Frédiric751/
Fredderique7450/
Freddiereck745/
Friddierick744/
Freddierits742/
Frederrique742/
Frederikkke741/
Fresderique741/
Frrederique741/
Frédérick711,331/
Friderike71423/
Fredireck71169/
Fridirick7127/
Frédéricq719/
Fredderyk717/
Fridereck715/
Frèdèrick715/
Fredirech714/
Friderikh714/
Phrederik713/
Fréderiek713/
Fredderys713/
Frederyke713/
Fréderike712/
Frédérich712/
Fredierek712/
Fréddéric711/
Freddyris711/
Fredherex711/
Freidirik711/
Frediorec711/
Fredirihk711/
Frediritz711/
Fredyreis711/
Fridirici711/
Frrédéric711/
Fryderijk711/
Frèdérick711/
Fréderíck711/
Frédèrick711/
Frediriek711/
Fredirike711/
Fréderique67274/
Fredérique6759/
Fredirique6724/
Frèderique6714/
Freddireck675/
Fridayrich672/
Freddierek672/
Frederyque672/
Fredèrique672/
Freddeirek671/
Freddereyk671/
Fredderyts671/
Freddierez671/
Fredereque671/
Fredioreck671/
Fridayrick671/
Friddirick671/
Fridirieck671/
Fridèriche671/

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