Frederick is a masculine given name meaning "peaceful ruler". It is the

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...

form of the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

name Friedrich. Its meaning is derived from the Germanic word elements ''frid'', or

peace Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

, and ''ric'', meaning " ruler" or " power". Frederick ranked among the top 100 names in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

between 1880 and 1957 and has declined thereafter. It was ranked as the 536th most popular name for boys in 2009 in the

. It ranked as the 99th most popular name for boys in

England and Wales England and Wales () is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. It covers the constituent countries England and Wales and was formed by the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. The substantive law of the jurisdiction is En ...

in 2007. Freddy, a short form, ranked as the 60th most popular name for boys in

in 2008. Short form Fred was among the most popular names for boys in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

in 2010. Frederica is a feminine variant of the name Frederick.

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Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gr ...

: Frederik * Breton: Frederig *

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

: Frederic * Croatian: Fridrik, Miroslav * Czech: Bedřich, Bedříšek, Béda * Danish: Frederik, Frede * Dutch: Frederick, Frederik,

Fred Fred may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rod ...

, Frits, Freek, Rik, Fedde * Emiliano-Romagnolo: Fedrîgh *

: Frederick, Fredrick,

, Freddy, Freddie, Frederic, Fredric *

Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * ...

: Priidu, Priit, Priidik, Preedik, Reedik * Faroese: Fríðrikur * Finnish: Fredrik, Veeti, Rieti, Sparksy *

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

: Frédéric ( Frédérique is the feminine variant) *

: Friedrich, Fritz, Fredi, Fredy, Feick * Greek: Φρειδερίκος (Freideríkos) * Hungarian: Frigyes, Frici * Icelandic: Friðrik * Irish: Feardorcha * Italian: Federico, Fredo, Federigo (obsolete) *

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...

: Fridericus * Latvian: Frīdrihs, Fricis, Frīdis, Freds, Fredijs, Frederiks * Lithuanian: Frederikas * Norwegian: Fredrik *

Old Frisian Old Frisian was a West Germanic language spoken between the 8th and 16th centuries along the North Sea coast, roughly between the mouths of the Rhine and Weser rivers. The Frisian settlers on the coast of South Jutland (today's Northern Fries ...

: Frethirik *

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlement ...

: Friðríkr * Polish: Fryderyk, Fredek, Fryc * Portuguese: Fradique, Frederico * Russian: Фридрих (Fridrih), Фредерик (Frederik) *

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...

: Freadaraig *

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (disambiguation ...

: Fridrih, Miroslav * Slovene: Friderik * Spanish: Federico, Fico, Feche, Fede, Fadrique (obsolete) * Swedish: Fredrik *

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

: Ffredrig, Ffred

People with the name

Frederick William III of Prussia Frederick William III (german: Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, w ...

(1770–1840) * Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795–1861) ;King of Württemberg * Frederick I of Württemberg (1754–1816) ;King of Bohemia * Frederick V of the Palatinate ;Holy Roman Emperors * Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (Barbarossa) *

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II (German: ''Friedrich''; Italian: ''Federico''; Latin: ''Federicus''; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jer ...

(1194–1250) * Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415–1493) ;Other royalty * Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584–1647), Stadtholder of Holland, one of the principal commanders of Dutch Revolt *

Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau (27 December 1769 – 27 May 1814), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and heir to the principality (and from 1807 the duchy) of Anhalt-Dessau. He was born in Dessau, the only surviving child of Leopold III, P ...

(1769–1814) * Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753–1805) *

Frederick, Prince of Wales Frederick, Prince of Wales, (Frederick Louis, ; 31 January 170731 March 1751), was the eldest son and heir apparent of King George II of Great Britain. He grew estranged from his parents, King George and Queen Caroline. Frederick was the fa ...

(1707–1751) * Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (born 1968) *

Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus; 16 August 1763 – 5 January 1827) was the second son of George III, King of the United Kingdom and Hanover, and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. A soldier by profe ...

(1763–1827) * Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750–1765) *

Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine Prince Friedrich Wilhelm August Victor Leopold Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine (7 October 1870 – 29 May 1873) was the haemophiliac second son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, one of the daughters of Quee ...

(1870–1873) * Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1785) * Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747–1837) * Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern (1891–1965) *

Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , name = Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , image = Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.jpg , caption = , spouse = Princess Louise of Thurn and Taxis , issue = , house = Hohenzollern-Sigmaringe ...

(1843–1904) * Prince Frederick of Homburg (1585–1638) *

Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Frederick I of Ansbach and Bayreuth (also known as Frederick V; german: Friedrich V. von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach or ; 8 May 1460 – 4 April 1536) was born at Ansbach as the eldest son of Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg by his second wi ...

* Prince Frederick of Orange-Nassau (1774–1799) * Prince Frederick of Prussia (1794–1863) * Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen (1861–1914) *

Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe , house = Lippe , father = Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe , mother = Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau , birth_date = , birth_place = Ratibořice Castle, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , death_date = , death_place = Kudo ...

(1868–1945) * Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst * Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen *

Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Prince Frederick Emil August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg ( Kiel, 23 August 1800 – Bayreuth, Germany, 2 July 1865), usually simply known by just his first name, Frederick, ''Prince of Noer'', was a prince of the House of S ...

(1800–1865) *

Prince Frederick of the Netherlands Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau (full names: Willem Frederik Karel; 28 February 1797, in Berlin – 8 September 1881, in Wassenaar), was the second son of William I of the Netherlands and his wife, Wilhelmine of P ...

(1797–1881) *

Prince Frederick of Württemberg , image = Prinz Friedrich von Württemberg (1808-1870).jpg , caption = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , succession = , spouse = , issue = William II of Württemberg , house ...

(1808–1870) *

Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland ( sv, Fredrik Adolf; 18 July 1750 – 12 December 1803) was a Swedish Prince, youngest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, a sister of Frederick the Great, King of Pr ...

(1750–1803) * Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (1799–1864) *

Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse Frederick Charles Louis Constantine, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (german: Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Prinz und Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel; fi, Fredrik Kaarle; 1 May 1868 – 28 May 1940), was the brother-in-law of the German Emp ...

(1868–1940) *

Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

(1801–1883) * Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg * Prince Frederick Ferdinand Constantin of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach * Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1757–1844) *

Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885) Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia (20 March 1828 – 15 June 1885) was the son of Prince Charles of Prussia (1801–1883) and his wife, Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808–1877). Prince Friedrich Karl was a grandson of King ...

* Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917) * Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1865–1931) *

Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891–1927) Prince Joachim Viktor Wilhelm Leopold Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (17 December 1891 – 6 July 1927) was a German World War I fighter pilot and member of the House of Hohenzollern. He was the son of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia and Princ ...

* Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hohenzollern (1924–2010) * Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Lippe (born 1947) * Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia (1880–1925) * Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (1820–1884) * Prince Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1668–1714) *

Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels (22 October 1770 in Braunfels – 13 April 1814 in Slawentzitz) was a Prussian Major General and by birth member of the House of Solms-Braunfels. Early life He was the fourth son of Ferdinand William ...

(1770–1814) * Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658–1708) * Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1882–1918) *

Frederick William, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederic ...

Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt , image = Friedrich I Anhalt.jpg , caption = Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt , succession = Duke of Anhalt , reign = 22 May 1871 – 24 January 1904 , coronation = , predecessor = Leopold IV , successor ...

Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein '' , house = Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , father = Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg , mother = Countess Louise Sophie Danneskiold-Samsøe , birth_date = , birth_place = Augustenburg ...

Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp (22 December 1597 – 10 August 1659) was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. He was the elder son of Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Augusta of Denmark. His mother was a daughter of King Frede ...

Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Frederick IV (18 October 1671 – 19 July 1702) was the reigning Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. He was born in Gottorf Castle as the elder son of Duke Christian Albert of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark. He was married ...

Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Charles Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp () (30 April 1700 – 18 June 1739) was a Prince of Sweden and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and an important member of European royalty. His dynasty, the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gott ...

* John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony * George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach * Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia * Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg ;People * Fred Akuffo (1937-1979), Ghanaian army officer, Head of State of Ghana from July 1978-June 1979 *

Frederick Benteen Frederick William Benteen (August 24, 1834 – June 22, 1898) was a military officer who first fought during the American Civil War. He was appointed to commanding ranks during the Indian Campaigns and Great Sioux War against the Lakota and ...

, American military officer * Frederick Cronyn Betts, Canadian politician and solicitor * Freddie Blassie, American professional wrestling villain and manager *

Frederick C. Bock Frederick Carl Bock Jr (January 18, 1918 – August 25, 2000) was a World War II pilot who took part in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. Bock attended the University of Chicago and went on to enroll in a graduate course in philosoph ...

, World War II pilot * Fred Bodsworth, Canadian writer, journalist and amateur naturalist * Frederick Russell Burnham, American scout and world-traveling adventurer known for his service to the British South Africa Company and to the British Army in colonial Africa, helped inspire the founding of the international

Scouting Movement Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, ...

* Frederick Carrington, British military leader * Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer, one of the greatest composers of the Romantic Era *

Fredrick de Silva Edmund Fredrick Lorenz de Silva, (1912 – 1993) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the Mayor of Kandy, Member of Parliament and Sri Lanka's Ambassador to France. Early life and legal career Born to George E. de Silva a prominent ...

, Sri Lankan Ambassador to France and UNESCO * Federico Fellini, Italian filmmaker * William Frederick Fisher, American physician and former NASA astronaut * Frederick Graff (1775-1847), American hydraulic engineer * Frederick D. Gregory, former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA Deputy Administrator * Frederick Gutekunst (1831-1917), American photographer *

Frederick Halterman Frederick Halterman (October 22, 1831March 22, 1907) was a German-American politician who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1895 ...

(1831-1907), U.S. Congressman *

Frederick Hauck Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck (pronounced "Howk"; born April 11, 1941) is a retired captain in the United States Navy, a former fighter pilot and NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-7 and commanded STS-51-A and STS-26. P ...

, retired captain in the United States Navy, former fighter pilot and NASA astronaut * Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, British colonial administrator who was Governor of the Gold Coast (1898–1900), Barbados (1900–04) and British Guiana (1904–11) * Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, British peer, statesman, diplomat, and author *

Frederic Lang Sir Frederic William Lang (1852 – 5 March 1937) was a New Zealand politician, initially an independent conservative, then from 1914 a member of the Reform Party. He was the eighth Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1913 to 1922. ...

, New Zealand politician, initially an independent conservative, then from 1914 a member of the Reform Party, the eighth Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1913 to 1922 * Frederick W. Leslie, American scientist who flew on the NASA STS-73 Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist * Federico da Montefeltro, one of the most successful mercenary captains of the Italian Renaissance, and lord of Urbino * Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782 who led Great Britain through most of the

American War of Independence The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...

Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the USA. Olmsted was famous for co- ...

, American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator, popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture * Frederick Alfred Pile, British army officer * Frederick Poole, English army officer and general * Frederick Sandys, British painter, illustrator, and draughtsman * Frederick Roberts, British Army officer *

Frederick Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859), styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known between 1827 and 1833 as The Viscount Goderich (pronounced ), the name by which he is best known to ...

, British politician during the Regency, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between August 1827 and January 1828 *

Fred G. Sanford Fred G. Sanford is a fictional character portrayed by actor/ comedian Redd Foxx on the 1972–1977 NBC sitcom ''Sanford and Son'' and the 1980–1981 NBC sitcom '' Sanford''. Foxx, whose real name was John Elroy Sanford, modeled the character ...

(fictional), elderly, widowed, sarcastic, and cantankerous junk dealer * Frederick Sanger, British Biochemist that twice won the

Nobel Prize in Chemistry ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , alt = A golden medallion with an embossed image of a bearded man facing left in profile. To the left of the man is the text "ALFR•" then "NOBEL", and on the right, the text (smaller) "NAT•" then "M ...

, one for his work on the structure of Insulin and another for his contribution to the possibilities of

DNA sequencing DNA sequencing is the process of determining the nucleic acid sequence – the order of nucleotides in DNA. It includes any method or technology that is used to determine the order of the four bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine. T ...

* Fredrick de Saram (1912-1983), Sri Lankan Sinhala army colonel, lawyer, and cricket captain * Federico Spinola, Italian naval commander in Spanish Habsburg service, one of the principal commanders of

Battle of Sesimbra Bay The Battle of Sesimbra Bay was a naval engagement that took place on 3 June 1602, during the Anglo-Spanish War. It was fought off the coast of Portugal (then within the Iberian Union) between an English naval expeditionary force sent out with ...

, Battle of the Narrow Seas and Battle of Sluys * Frederick Scherger, British Air Chief Marshal *

Frederick W. Sturckow Frederick Wilford Sturckow (born August 11, 1961) is an engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot. Sturckow is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. He flew on STS-88 and S ...

, engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former NASA astronaut, and commercial spacecraft pilot *

Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, (12 August 1868 – 1 April 1933) was a British statesman. He served as Governor of Queensland from 1905 to 1909, Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1 ...

, British statesman who served as

Governor of Queensland The governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the monarch of Australia. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governor performs constitutional and ceremonial func ...

from 1905 to 1909, Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921, where he was responsible for the creation of the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms * Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford, British jurist and Conservative politician, twice Lord Chancellor of Great Britain *

Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, (31 May 18279 April 1905) was a British Army officer who rose to prominence during the Anglo-Zulu War, when an expeditionary force under his command suffered a decisive defeat at the hands of a ...

, British imperial general who came to prominence during the

Anglo-Zulu War The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Following the passing of the British North America Act of 1867 forming a federation in Canada, Lord Carnarvon thought that a similar political effort, cou ...

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