Wilfrid Forename
19,229th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 47,719 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Vatican City
Wilfrid Forename Definition:
A male name. Old English Wilfrith, compound of will ‘will’, and frith ‘peace'. St Wilfrith or Wilfrid (634- 709), Bishop of York and one of the foremost men of his day, has some 50 churches dedicated to him. His name seems not to have survived in use after the Norman Conquest and has not been noted before the late 16th C.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 100% | 18,631 | 1:576 | 80 |
| Congo | 100% | 5,273 | 1:950 | 144 |
| France | 99% | 3,689 | 1:18,019 | 861 |
| Gabon | - | 2,806 | 1:671 | 130 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 2,315 | 1:31,891 | 2,322 |
| Benin | 100% | 2,284 | 1:4,630 | 816 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,138 | 1:15,497 | 1,542 |
| United States | 100% | 1,427 | 1:254,055 | 8,367 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,387 | 1:70,339 | 5,764 |
| Germany | 100% | 856 | 1:112,941 | 2,275 |
| England | 100% | 711 | 1:78,204 | 3,197 |
| Cameroon | 98% | 695 | 1:31,094 | 2,381 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Chad | 100% | 247 | 1:55,054 | 5,059 |
| Brazil | 100% | 246 | 1:870,879 | 23,874 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 242 | 1:218,134 | 8,768 |
| French Polynesia | - | 184 | 1:1,510 | 353 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 170 | 1:135,741 | 7,575 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 169 | 1:108,754 | 5,782 |
| Indonesia | - | 157 | 1:1,643,081 | 89,005 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 142 | 1:73,460 | 4,284 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 100 | 1:2,702 | 476 |
| Belgium | 100% | 83 | 1:138,434 | 4,071 |
| South Africa | 100% | 71 | 1:768,065 | 31,999 |
| Austria | 100% | 66 | 1:129,003 | 2,387 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 50 | 1:338,042 | 9,978 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 39 | 1:210,602 | 4,800 |
| Scotland | 100% | 25 | 1:214,015 | 3,700 |
| Philippines | 100% | 23 | 1:4,609,108 | 81,684 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 19 | 1:1,602,628 | 49,521 |
| Thailand | 100% | 19 | 1:3,687,674 | 78,779 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 19 | 1:1,589,573 | 29,905 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| New Zealand | - | 15 | 1:302,403 | 10,381 |
| Senegal | 100% | 15 | 1:972,090 | 9,181 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 14 | 1:1,101,701 | 37,489 |
| Australia | - | 13 | 1:1,050,586 | 12,238 |
| India | 100% | 13 | 1:93,452,152 | 1,297,197 |
| Ecuador | - | 11 | 1:1,611,538 | 10,117 |
| Mexico | 100% | 10 | 1:12,414,443 | 34,902 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Wales | 100% | 9 | 1:343,812 | 5,087 |
| Sweden | 100% | 7 | 1:1,408,272 | 24,832 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| Colombia | 100% | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Hong Kong | - | 5 | 1:1,550,545 | 7,446 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 5 | 1:35,512,872 | 242,191 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Finland | - | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Russia | 100% | 4 | 1:36,058,426 | 83,389 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Spain | - | 4 | 1:11,632,491 | 19,317 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Italy | 100% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | 1:123 | 15 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Wilfríd (2) are calculated separately.
Wilfrid (3,095) may also be a surname.
Wilfrid Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old English Wilfrith, compound of will ‘will’, and frith ‘peace'. St Wilfrith or Wilfrid (634- 709), Bishop of York and one of the foremost men of his day, has some 50 churches dedicated to him. His name seems not to have survived in use after the Norman Conquest and has not been noted before the late 16th C. It was revived by the Tractarians in the 19th C and is now common.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Teutonic name, meaning: Resolute peacemaker.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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