Fredrick

Where Fredrick comes from

The dictionaries list Fredrick as a given name — a male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Frederick — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Germanic
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #126 among boys with 103 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1894
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #240.
  3. 1935
    Fredrick Chien born
    Taiwanese politician
  4. 1978
    Fredrick Federley born
    Swedish politician and MEP for the Center Party 2014-2020
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Frederick.
Namesakes
  • Fredrick Federley · Swedish politician and MEP for the Center Party 2014-2020, born 1978
  • Fredrick Chien · Taiwanese politician, born 1935
  • Fredrick Brennan · American software developer and type designer, 1994–2026
  • Fredrick Kúmókụn Adédeji Haastrup · Chieftain, 1820–1901
  • Fredrick Mugisha · Ugandan Army officer, born 1963

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.