Fredrik or Frederik is a masculine Germanic given name derived from the German name '' Friedrich'' or Friederich, from the Old High German ''fridu'' meaning "peace" and ''rîhhi'' meaning "ruler" or "power". It is the common form of Frederick in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

and

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. The name means "peaceful ruler" The most common variant spelling of this name is Frederik which is used in

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

, although the English spelling Frederick is more common than either. Fredrik replaced the

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...

name Freodheric, and has been a rare first name in England since this time. In Sweden, Fredrik first fell into usage in the 14th century, and became increasingly common after the 18th century. It is the 19th most popular male name in

and the 41st most popular in

.The 100th most common male names

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway (, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All rele ...

It has a

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in Sweden, on July 18. Common diminutive forms include: Fred, Frillo, Fredde, Freddy, Freddie, and Rikke.

Notable people with this name

* Fredrik Bajer: winner of the

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in 1908 for peace * Fredrik Bild (born 1974), Swedish footballer * Fredrik Haga: Finnish football executive, coach and former player * Fredrik Jensen (disambiguation) * Fredrik Letzler: Swedish freestyle swimmer *

Freddie Ljungberg Karl Fredrik "Freddie" Ljungberg ( ; born 16 April 1977) is a Swedish former professional association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger. He is also a former Manager (association football), manager, and was most recent ...

: Swedish footballer * Fredrik Lundh Sammeli (born 1977), Swedish politician * Frederik Magle: Danish composer, organist and pianist * Frederik Paludan-Müller: Danish poet *

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American list of science fiction authors, science-fiction writer, editor, and science fiction fandom, fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first ...

: American writer * Fredrik Reinfeldt: Swedish Prime Minister * Fredrik Skavlan: Norwegian chat show host * Frederik Stang: Norwegian politician * Fredrik Svanbäck: Finnish footballer * Fredrik Thordendal: Swedish musician *

Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was the most impor ...

: American abolitionist * Fredrik deBoer: American academic

Other instances of this name

*There have been two Kings of Sweden with this name: Fredrik I (1720-1751) and Adolf Fredrik (1751-1771) *The name Fredrik is also the basis for two

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an surnames: * Frisian: Vick * German, Polish: Frick *Swedish band

Fredrik Fredrik or Frederik is a masculine Germanic given name derived from the German name '' Friedrich'' or Friederich, from the Old High German ''fridu'' meaning "peace" and ''rîhhi'' meaning "ruler" or "power". It is the common form of Frederick in N ...

Variations of this name

Male

Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...

: Frederik, Freek * Czech: Bedřich * Danish: Frederik / Fredrik * Dutch: Frederik * Emilian: Fedrîgh * English: Frederic / Frederick * Estonian:

Priidu Priidu is an Estonian masculine given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person ...

Priit Priit is an Estonian masculine given name, cognate to English Fred or Frederick and to German Friedrich. People named Priit include: * Priit Aavik (born 1994), swimmer * Priit Aimla (born 1941), writer, poet, humorist and politician * Priit ...

* French:

Frédéric Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to: In artistry: * Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator * Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor * Frédéric Bazille, Impr ...

, Frédérick * Frisian: Freddercke, Freerk * German: Friedrich *Greek: Φρειδερίκος * Hawaiian: Peleke * Hungarian: Frigyes * Icelandic: Friðrik * Italian: Federico * Latvian: Frīdrihs, Fricis * Polish: Fryderyk * Portuguese: Frederico * Romanian: Frederic * Slovene: Friderik * Spanish:

Federico Federico (; ) is a given name and surname. It is a form of Frederick (given name), Frederick, most commonly found in Spanish language, Spanish, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Italian language, Italian. People with the given name Federico Ar ...

Female

* Czech: Bedřiška * Dutch: Frederika * Danish: Frederikke * English: Frederica * French: Frédérique * German: Friederike *

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

: Frideriki * Icelandic:Friðrika * Italian: Federica * Norwegian: Fredrikke * Polish: Fryderyka * Romanian: Frederica * Swedish:Fredrika, Fredrica * Spanish: Federica

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