Fredrik or Frederik is a masculine Germanic given name derived from the German name ''Friedrich (disambiguation), Friedrich'' or Friederich, from the Old High German ''fridu'' meaning "peace" and ''rîhhi'' meaning "ruler" or "power". It is the common form of Frederick (given name), Frederick in Norway, Finland and Sweden. The name means "peaceful ruler" The most common variant spelling of this name is Frederick (given name), Frederik which is used in Denmark, although the English spelling Frederick (given name), Frederick is more common than either. Fredrik replaced the Old English language, Anglo-Saxon 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 Sweden and the 41st most popular in Norway.The 100th most common male names
Statistics Norway It has a name day 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 Nobel Prize 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: Swedish footballer *Fredrik Lundh Sammeli (born 1977), Swedish politician *Frederik Magle: Danish composer, organist and pianist *Frederik Paludan-Müller: Danish poet *Frederik Pohl: 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: American abolitionist *Fredrik deBoer: American academic

Other instances of this name

*There have been two Kings of Sweden with this name: Frederick I of Sweden, Fredrik I (1720-1751) and Adolf Frederick of Sweden, Adolf Fredrik (1751-1771) *The name Fredrik is also the basis for two European surnames: *Frisian languages, Frisian: Vick (disambiguation), Vick *German language, German, Polish language, Polish: Frick (disambiguation), Frick *Swedish band Fredrik (band), Fredrik

Variations of this name

Male

*Afrikaans language, Afrikaans: Frederik, Freek *Czech language, Czech: Bedřich *Danish language, Danish: Frederick (disambiguation), Frederik / Fredrik *Dutch language, Dutch: Frederik *Emilian-Romagnol language, Emilian: Fedrîgh *English language, English: Frederic (disambiguation), Frederic / Frederick *Estonian language, Estonian: Priidu, Priit *French language, French: Frédéric, Frédérick *Frisian languages, Frisian: Freddercke, Freerk *German language, German: Friedrich (disambiguation), Friedrich *Greek: Φρειδερίκος *Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: Peleke *Hungarian language, Hungarian: Frigyes *Icelandic language, Icelandic: Friðrik *Italian language, Italian: Federico *Latvian language, Latvian: Frīdrihs, Fricis *Polish language, Polish: Fryderyk *Portuguese language, Portuguese: Frederico *Romanian language, Romanian: Frederic *Slovene language, Slovene: Friderik *Spanish language, Spanish: Federico

Female

*Czech language, Czech: Bedřiška *Dutch language, Dutch: Frederika *Danish language, Danish: Frederikke *English language, English: Frederica *French language, French: Frédérique *German language, German: Friederike *Greek language, Greek: Frideriki *Icelandic language, Icelandic:Friðrika *Italian language, Italian: Federica *Norwegian language, Norwegian: Fredrikke *Polish language, Polish: Fryderyka *Romanian language, Romanian: Frederica *Swedish language, Swedish:Fredrika, Fredrica *Spanish language, Spanish: Federica

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