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Across the world, Wilfred (Wilfred , וילפרד , Уилфред ) is a common principally masculine, but scarcely girly given name. The forename Wilfred is characteristic of Suriname, where it is quite a common boy's name, Belize, and Tanzania (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Tanzania, the United States, and Nigeria. Much less frequently, Wilfred is the last name as well as the forename.
Wilfred is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Wilfred Mott , the Doctor Who character and Wilfred of Ivanhoe , the fictional character in Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.