Freddy (also Freddi and Freddie) is a diminutive used by both men and women whose names contain the Germanic element -fred, notable examples of such being Frederick, Frederica, and Alfred. In rare cases, it may be used a diminutive of any name containing -fred, regardless of origin, as with Freddy Adu and Freddie Benson, both

Ghanaians The Ghanaian people are a nation originating in the Ghanaian Gold Coast. Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 30 million people as of 2020, making up 85% ...

named Fredua.

People

In sports

Freddy (Angolan footballer) Frederico Castro Roque dos Santos (born 14 August 1979), known as Freddy, is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his professional career in Portugal and Cyprus. Club career Born in Malanje, Freddy spent ni ...

(born 1979), Angolan footballer * Freddy Adu (born 1989), American soccer player *

Freddie Banks Freddie Banks (born March 6, 1965) is an American former collegiate and professional basketball player. Banks attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and is a member of the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame. Banks was the first pick of the second ...

(born 1965), American basketball player *

Freddie Barnes Freddie Lee Barnes (born December 6, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Bowling Green. ...

(born 1986), American football wide receiver *

Freddie Beck Alfred Gibson Beck (26 January 1904 – August 1987) was an English professional golfer. He was generally known as Freddie. He was the son of a professional golfer, Alfred Ward Beck (known as Fred). Freddie had a younger brother William Arthur Be ...

(1904–1987), English golfer * Freddie Bishop III (born 1990), American football player *

Freddie Bradley Freddie Lee Bradley, Jr.
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(born 1970), American football running back *

Freddie Braun Freddie Braun (born May 13, 1988, in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American soccer player who currently plays for FC Mulhouse Portland in the National Premier Soccer League. Career College and amateur Braun grew up in Rochester Hills, Michigan ...

(born 1988), American soccer player *

Freddie Brorsson Hans Freddie Brorsson (born 4 June 1997) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Österlen FF. Career Club career Brorsson started playing football in Trelleborgs FF when he was four years old. At the age of ten, the family moved to Höllviken and ...

(born 1997), Swedish footballer * Fred Brown (basketball) (born 1948), American former National Basketball Association player known as "Downtown Freddie Brown" * Freddie Brown (cricketer) (1910–1991), former cricketer and cricket commentator * Freddie Brown (footballer) (1878–1939), footballer for Stoke and West Bromwich Albion * Freddie Bunce (1938–1991), English footballer * Freddie Burch (1886–?), English footballer *

Freddie Calthorpe Frederick Somerset Gough Calthorpe (27 May 1892 – 19 November 1935), styled The Honourable from 1912, was an English first-class cricketer. Born in London, Calthorpe ("pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with 'tall' and not with 'shall ...

(1892–1935), English cricketer * Freddie Clarke (born 1992), English rugby union player * Freddie Clayton (1873–1946), English first-class cricketer * Freddie Coleman (born 1991), Scottish cricketer * Freddie Crum (1912–1987), American basketball player * Freddie Douglas (born 1954), National Football League wide receiver * Freddie Dunkelman (1920–2010), British ice hockey player * Freddie Elizalde (born 1940), Filipino former swimmer *

Freddie Eriksson Freddie Ove Eriksson (born 23 April 1981 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. Career summary Eriksson began his British speedway career in 2001 with King’s Lynn with whom he had two relatively successful sea ...

(born 1981), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider *

Freddie Fenton Frederick Fenton (born February 1879) was an English professional footballer who played for Gainsborough Trinity, West Ham United, and Swindon Town. References 1879 births Date of death missing English men's footballers Gainsborough ...

(1879–?), English footballer * Freddy Fernández (actor) (1934–1995), Mexican actor * Freddy Fernández (footballer) (born 1974), Costa Rican footballer * Brad Fittler (born 1972), Australian rugby league player nicknamed "Freddy" * Andrew Flintoff (born 1977), English cricketer nicknamed "Freddie" * Freddie Fox (footballer) (1898–1968), English football goalkeeper * Freddie Fox (jockey) (1888–1945), British horse racing jockey *

Freddie Freeman Frederick Charles Freeman (born September 12, 1989) is an American-Canadian professional baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Previously, Freeman played for the Atlanta Braves for 12 seasons. He mad ...

(born 1989), American-Canadian baseball player * Freddie Frith (1909–1988), British Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion * Freddy Stephen Fuller, 1960s Canadian amateur boxing champion * Freddy García (born 1976), Venezuelan who pitched for several Major League Baseball teams *

Freddie Garcia Freddie Garcia (born 7 July 1952) is a Mexican former footballer who played as a forward. He spent seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and two in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Born in Mexico, Garcia grew up in the United State ...

(born 1958), Mexican-American soccer player *

Freddy García (infielder) Freddy Adrian Garcia Felix (born August 1, 1972) is a Dominican retired Major League Baseball infielder. He played during four seasons at the major league level for the Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professio ...

(born 1972), baseball infielder * Freddy García (football manager) (born 1959), Peruvian football manager * Freddy García (footballer) (born 1977), Guatemalan footballer * Alfredo Razon Gonzalez (born 1978), Filipino football player nicknamed "Freddy" * Freddy González (born 1977), Venezuelan long-distance runner *

Fredy González Freddy Excelino González Martínez (born 18 June 1975 in La Ceja, Colombia), also known as Fredy González, is a Colombian road racing cyclist. He is a two-time winner of the Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia (one of cycling's th ...

(born 1975), Colombian road racing cyclist *

Freddie Goss Freddie Goss is an American retired college basketball player and coach. Goss played at UCLA under Hall of Fame coach John Wooden from 1962 to 1966 and started at guard with All-American Gail Goodrich on the Bruins' 1964–65 national champion ...

, American basketball coach * Freddie Hubalde (born 1953), Filipino retired basketball player *

Freddie Kitchens Charles Frederick Kitchens Jr. (born November 29, 1974) is an American football coach who is a senior analyst for South Carolina. He was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns and an assistant coach for the Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, New ...

(born 1974), American football coach *

Freddy Leach Frederick Leach (November 23, 1897 in Springfield, Missouri – December 10, 1981 in Hagerman, Idaho) was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1923 to 1932. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies, Ne ...

(1897–1981), American Major League Baseball player *

Freddie Martino Freddie Martino (born September 7, 1991) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at North Greenville University and attended North High School in North, South Carolina. He has been a member of the Atlanta Falcons ...

(born 1991), American football player * Freddie Miller (boxer) (1911–1962), American boxer *

Freddie Miller (rugby league) Freddie Miller ( - 20 July 1960) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played at club level for Hull F.C. and Featherstone Rovers ( Heritage № 314), as a right-footed toe-end style (rather th ...

(died 1960), British rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s *

Freddy Moncada Fredy Alonso Moncada Torres (born 10 November 1973 in Vélez, Santander) is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia. He won stages in the 1997 Vuelta a Colombia and the 2000 Vuelta a Venezuela The 37th edition of the annual Vuelta a Venezue ...

(born 1973), Colombian retired road cyclist * Freddy Montaña (born 1982), Colombian road cyclist *

Freddie Joe Nunn Freddie Joe Nunn (April 9, 1962 October 16, 2021) was an American former professional football player who was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (18th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft. He started his career as a defensive end and ...

(born 1962), American former National Football League player *

Freddie Pethard Frederick James Pethard (born 7 October 1950) is a former Scottish professional footballer. He was born in Glasgow. Pethard began his career at Celtic but failed to make an impact on the first team and was released by the club. He signed for C ...

(born 1950), Scottish retired footballer * Freddie Roach (boxing) (born 1960), American boxing trainer and former professional boxer * Freddy Rodríguez (baseball) (1924–2009), former Major League Baseball pitcher * Freddy Rodriguez (cyclist) (born 1973), American professional road racing cyclist * Freddy Sanchez (born 1977), American retired Major League Baseball player * Freddie Solomon (1953–2012), American National Football League player *

Freddie Solomon (American football, born 1972) Freddie Lee Solomon, Jr. (born August 15, 1972) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for three seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football League (NFL). He continued his career in the Aren ...

, American retired National Football League player * Freddie Spencer (born 1961), American former world champion motorcycle racer * Freddie Steele (1912–1984), American world middleweight boxing champion and actor *

Freddie Steele (footballer) Frederick Charles Steele (6 May 1916 – 23 April 1976) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Stoke City and England. He also had spells at Mansfield Town and Port Vale as a player-manager, leading Vale to a le ...

(1916–1976), English footballer and manager *

Freddie Summers Freddie S. Summers (born February 16, 1947) was a former American football defensive back who played three seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 1 ...

(born 1947), American National Football League player * Freddie Swain (born 1998), American football player * Freddy Vargas (born 1982), Venezuelan road cyclist * Freddie Williams (speedway rider) (1926–2013), motorcycle speedway world champion * Freddie Williams (athlete) (born 1962), Canadian track and field runner

Artists and entertainers

* Freddie Aguilar (born 1953), Filipino singer-songwriter and musician * Freddie Bell (1931–2008), American musician, founder of the vocal group Freddie Bell and the Bellboys * Freddy Beras-Goico (1940–2010), Dominican comedian, TV presenter, writer and media personality * Freddie Brown (musician) (1940–2002), American musician * Freddy Cannon (born 1936), American rock and roll singer *

Freddy Cole Lionel Frederick Cole (October 15, 1931 – June 27, 2020) was an American jazz singer and pianist whose recording career spanned almost 70 years. He was the brother of musicians Nat King Cole, Eddie Cole, and Ike Cole, father of Lionel Cole, an ...

(born 1931), American jazz singer and pianist, brother of Nat King Cole *

Freddie Colloca Federico Damian "Freddie" Colloca (born February 14, 1975) is an Argentine-American Christian musician, pianist, and worship leader. He has released several noteworthy studio albums including, ''Dance El Ritmo'', in 2001, and ''Unconditional'', i ...

(born 1975), Argentine-American Christian musician, pianist, and worship leader * Freddie Crump (died 1980), drummer from the United States * Freddie Fisher (musician) (1904–1967), American musician * Freddie Burke Frederick (1921–1986), American child actor * Freddie Fox (actor) (born 1989), English actor * Freddie Garrity (1936–2006), British singer and actor, frontman of the pop band Freddie and the Dreamers * Freddie Gibbs (born 1982), American rapper and songwriter *

Freddie Green Frederick William Green (March 31, 1911 – March 1, 1987) was an American swing jazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years. Early life and education Green was born in Charleston, South C ...

(1911–1987), American swing jazz guitarist * Freddie Hart (1926–2018), stage name of Frederick Segrest, American country musician and songwriter * Freddie Hubbard (1938–2008), American jazz trumpeter * Freddie King (1934–1976), American blues guitarist and singer *

Freddie A. Lerche Freddie Alexander Lerche (born 2 October 1937) is a Danish painter. His use of colour is devoid of any specific function, providing his paintings with a deep, material character. In 2012, he was awarded the Thorvaldsen Medal. Biography Born in Co ...

(born 1937), Danish painter * Freddy Martin (1906–1983), American bandleader and tenor saxophonist * Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), Zanzibarian-born musician, lead singer of the British rock band Queen * Freddie Miller (broadcaster) (1929–1992), broadcaster and television personality in Atlanta, Georgia, United States * Freddie Prinze (1954–1977), American actor and stand-up comedian * Freddie Prinze Jr. (born 1976), American actor, son of the above * Freddy Quinn (born 1931) or simply "Freddy", Austrian singer and actor *

Freddie Roach (organist) Frederick Roach (May 11, 1931 – October 3, 1980) was an American soul jazz Hammond B3 organist born in The Bronx, New York, United States. Roach's first commercial recordings were with saxophonist Ike Quebec for Blue Note Records in the fa ...

(1931–1980), American soul jazz musician * Freddy Rodriguez (actor) (born 1975), American actor *

Freddy Rodríguez (artist) Freddy Rodríguez (1945 – October 10, 2022) was an American artist born in the Dominican Republic, who lived and worked in New York since 1963. Much of his work takes the form of large hard-edge geometric abstractions. His paintings have been ...

(born 1945), Dominican Republic artist in the United States *

Freddie Smith Freddie Matthew Smith (born March 19, 1988) is an American television actor. He is best known for his character Sonny Kiriakis, the first openly gay contract role on the daytime soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''. He also briefly portrayed Marco ...

(born 1988), American actor * Freddie Starr (1943–2019), English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor born Frederick Leslie Fowell * Freddie Stone (born 1947), American co-founder, guitarist, and vocalist of the band Sly and the Family Stone * Freddie Washington (bassist), jazz-influenced bass guitarist * Freddie Washington (pianist), American jazz pianist *

Freddy Wexler Freddy Wexler is an American songwriter, producer and creator. He has written songs for artists such as Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Post Malone, BlackPink, Selena Gomez, Lil Wayne, Halsey, Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Pink, Kanye West, Push ...

(born 1986), American producer, songwriter and entrepreneur * Freddie Williams II (born 1977), comics artist * Freddie Young (1902–1998), British cinematographer *

Freddie (singer) Gábor Alfréd Fehérvári (born 8 April 1990), known by his stage name Freddie, is a Hungarian singer. He first came to prominence after placing fourth in the first season of the Hungarian version of ''Rising Star''. He later became the Hun ...

(born 1990), alias of Gábor Alfréd Fehérvári, Hungarian singer * Freddie Anderson (1922–2001), Irish writer, playwright, author, poet and socialist *

Freddie Brocksieper Fritz "Freddie" Brocksieper (August 24, 1912 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – January 17, 1990) was a German jazz-musician, drummer, and bandleader. Early life Brocksieper was born in Constantinople. At a young age in 1917, he observed militar ...

(1912–1990), German jazz-musician, drummer, and bandleader * Freddie Bruno (born 1978), American Christian hip hop musician * Daddy Freddy (born 1965), Jamaican ragga vocalist

Politicians and businesspeople

Freddy de Ruiter Freddy de Ruiter (born 4 April 1969 in Arendal) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour and Socialist Left parties. De Ruiter was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Aust-Agder in 2005, 2009 and 2013. He had previously served as a deput ...

(born 1969), Norwegian politician * Freddy Heineken (1923–2002), Dutch businessman, chairman of the board and CEO of the Heineken brewing company * Freddie M. Garcia (born 1944), Filipino business executive * Freddie Rodriguez, American politician who assumed office in 2013

Others

* Freddie Carpenter (1920–2003), Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight * Freddy Deeb (born 1955), Lebanese-born American professional poker player * Freddie Figgers (born 1989), computer programmer, inventor, and entrepreneur * Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez (1946–1968), United States Marine Corps sergeant awarded the Medal of Honor, nicknamed "Freddy" * Freddie Oversteegen (1925–2018), Dutch assassin during World War II *

Freddy Rouhani Farzad "Freddy" Rouhani ( fa, فرزاد روحانی, born 1963 or 1964) is an American professional poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better event. Rouhani, who was born in Iran, came ...

(born 1963 or 1964), Iranian-born American professional poker player * Frederic Calland Williams (1911–1977), English engineer sometimes known as Freddie Williams *

Freddie Williams (businessman) Freddie "Fearless" Sidney Williams (28 October 1942 – 21 June 2008) was a Scottish businessman, gambler and bookmaker. Born in the Ayrshire mining village of Cumnock, he was spared a career as a miner due to ill health at the age of 15 and went ...

(1942–2008), Scottish bookmaker

Fictional characters

* Freddy Auratus, a golden hamster from ''The Golden Hamster Saga'', written by Dietlof Reiche *

Freddie Benson (iCarly) The Nickelodeon sitcom ''iCarly'' (2007–2012) centers around Carly Shay, who creates her own Internet television, web show with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan Kress ...

, from '' iCarly'' * Freddie Falcon, official mascot of the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons *

Freddie and Frieda Falcon Freddie and Frieda Falcon are the mascots of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH, Bowling Green, Ohio. The pair are anthropomorphism, anthropomorphized peregrine falcons. They are somewhat of a rarity among collegiate mascots, be ...

, mascots of Bowling Green State University *

Freddy Fazbear ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' (''FNaF'') is a media franchise created by Scott Cawthon. The first video game of the same name was released on August 8, 2014, and the resultant series has since gained worldwide popularity. The main series cons ...

, a character in the horror game ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' by

Scott Cawthon Scott Braden Cawthon (born June 4, 1978) is an American former video game developer and Video game writing, writer. He came to prominence as the creator of the ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' media franchise, which began with the development of th ...

Freddie Fear Freddie Fear is a fictional character who has his own comic strip in the UK comic book, comic ''The Beano'', the tagline being Son of a Witch. Freddie Fear is a normal boy, but he lives with his mother, a witchcraft, witch. Each week they show ...

, in his own comic strip in the UK comic ''The Beano'' * Freddy Freeman or Captain Marvel Jr., currently a DC Comics hero * Fred Jones (''Scooby-Doo''), in the ''Scooby Doo'' series * Freddy Krueger, a killer in the '' A Nightmare on Elm Street'' series and other films *

Freddie McClair Frederick "Freddie" McClair is a fictional character from the British television series '' Skins''. He is portrayed by Luke Pasqualino. In the third series, he is involved in a love triangle with Effy Stonem and his best friend James Cook. This c ...

, from generation 2 of '' Skins'' *

Freddy Newandyke ''Reservoir Dogs'' is a 1992 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino in his feature-length debut. It stars Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Michael Madsen, Tarantino, and Edward B ...

, from the film ''Reservoir Dogs'' * Freddy Riley, a survivor in the video game ''

Identity V ''Identity V'' is a free-to-play asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game developed and published by Chinese company NetEase. It was released in July 2018 for mobile devices. It is available on the iOS App Store, Android Google Play Stor ...

'' * Freddie Roscoe, in the UK soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington, in the television series ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' *

Freddy (weather) Freddy is an animated weatherman. The short animated series covers 20 different weather conditions, complete with sound effects. It is currently shown in Hong Kong on the TVB television channel during the weather report. Freddy's purpose is to sh ...

, a cartoon weatherman in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

* Freddy the Pig, in a series of children's books written by Walter R. Brooks * Fat Freddy Freekowtski, one of the main Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.

References

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