Manfred
given name · Latin script
Meaning: evidently from the Germanic personal name Manfred, composed of the elements man ‘man’ +frid ‘peace’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/maːnfʁeːd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Manfred is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 18th most common given name.
- DEGermany≈1 in 161(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 286
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 2.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 303 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 161 (inferred from the name graph)
≈500,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
evidently from the Germanic personal name Manfred, composed of the elements man ‘man’ +frid ‘peace’. The surname is rare in Germany, however, while the personal name was common in Lombardy, and Italian sources derive the first element from magin ‘strength’. Compare Maneredo. Manfred! (913) Italian: patronymic or plural form of Manfredo.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Manfred counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #18 | ≈500,000 est. | ≈1 in 161 | — | Manfred | 279 |
| AT Austria | #35 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 286 | 1.9K | Manfred | 166 |
| CH Switzerland | #176 | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Manfred | 99 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | — | Manfred | 17 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Manfred | 44 |
| SE Sweden | — | 3,162 | 1 in 3.2K | 3.2K | — | 46 |
| CR Costa Rica | #203 | 1,923 | 1 in 2.7K | 1.9K | Manfred | 61 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Manfred is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, a male given name from Old High German, popular in the 20th century
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, ) Manfried: männl. Vom., normannische Form von Manfried (ahd. man »Mann« + ahd. fridu »Schutz vor
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Swedish, Manfred är ett tyskt namn, sammansatt av fornhögtyskt man ’man, människa’ och → -frid, -fried. I den rikssvenska almanackan 12 oktober.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In French, Origine germanique, signifie « homme de paix ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, From Germanic man 'man' + frid 'peace'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Manfred von Richthofenb. 1892PLGerman fighter pilot (1892-1918)
- Zeppo Marxb. 1901USnot in their usual nameAmerican film star; member of the Marx Brothers (1901–1979)
- Manfred von Ardenneb. 1907DEGerman researcher and applied physicist (1907-1997)
- Manfred Eigenb. 1927DEGerman biophysical chemist (1927-2019)
- Manfred Gerlachb. 1928DEGerman jurist and politician (1928-2011)
- Manfred Rommelb. 1928DEGerman politician (1928–2013)
- Freddy Quinnb. 1931ATnot in their usual nameAustrian singer-actor
- Manfred Stolpeb. 1936DEGerman politician (1936-2019)
- Manfred Kaltzb. 1953DEGerman footballer and manager
- Manfred Weberb. 1972DEGerman politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 82 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 3.2K | #803 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1.9K | #367 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 1.9K | #1,263 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 1.1K | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2024 | 2 | #1,566 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — Consulta de nombres (Padrón Nacional Electoral name enumeration) | — | — | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Manfred mean, and where does it come from?
- evidently from the Germanic personal name Manfred, composed of the elements man ‘man’ +frid ‘peace’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What are other forms of the name Manfred?
- In the etymology graph, Fred, Menno and Manfried are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Manfred?
- A machine transcription gives /maːnfʁeːd/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Manfred a male or female name?
- Manfred is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Manfred have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 497 thousand people named Manfred in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled manfred.
- How common is the name Manfred?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 3,162 people named Manfred, about 1 in 3.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Manfred compared with other names?
- In Germany, Manfred is the 18th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/manfredThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Manfred” — the 18th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.