Frederic
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fʁədʁik/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Frederic is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 16th most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 360(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 808
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 1.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Frederic itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- #942 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 433 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 360 (inferred from the name graph)
≈190,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
3 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Frederik in DK Denmark and Frédéric in CH Switzerland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
< germ. Friedrich; prin forma magh. Frig yes. 1. Frija (Sur VII) ; Frija, Ion (16 B IV 69). 2. Frijan, fam. (Sez). 3. Frij:e b. (16 A I 264) ; -oae , Musa f. (ib . 445). 4. Freja b., diac (Cat ; 16 B IV 491). Frij/a, -an, -e v. Frederic.
Sources 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc
- Nordic Names
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Frederic 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #16 | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 360 | 328K | Frederic | 433 |
| US United States | — | 138,927as Frederick | 1 in 2.4K | 139K | Frederic | 371 |
| DK Denmark | #50 | 24,976as Frederik | 1 in 235 | 25K | Frederik | 206 |
| BE Belgium | #34 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 808 | 301 | Frederic | 179 |
| CM Cameroon | #171 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Frederic | 30 |
| CH Switzerland | #72 | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | 5 | Frédéric | 136 |
| ES Spain | #802 | 1,279 | 1 in 39K | 1.3K | Frederic | 119 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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)
Frederic is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A male given name from the Germanic languages, a French style spelling variant of Frederick
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Friedrich IIb. 1194ITnot in their usual nameKing of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250, 1220–1250)
- George Frideric Handelb. 1685DEnot in their usual nameGerman-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)
- Georges Cuvierb. 1769FRnot in their usual nameFrench naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
- Frédéric Bastiatb. 1801FRFrench classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly (1801-1850)
- Frédéric Passyb. 1822FRFrench economist and statesman (1822-1912)
- Frederic Leightonb. 1830GBEnglish painter and sculptor (1830–1896)
- Frédéric Mistralb. 1830FRProvençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige (1830–1914)
- Frédéric Joliot-Curieb. 1900FRFrench scientist (1900-1958)
- B. F. Skinnerb. 1904USnot in their usual nameAmerican behaviorist (1904–1990)
- Emmanuel Macronb. 1977FRnot in their usual namePresident of France since 2017
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 80 sources across 44 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 9.3K | #2,574 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 1.3K | #1,031 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1.3K | #2,422 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 115 | #1,300 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2014 | 70 | #2,559 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 42 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 15 | #2,574 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- How do you pronounce Frederic?
- A machine transcription gives /fʁədʁik/ (IPA) for French.
- What are other forms of the name Frederic?
- In the etymology graph, Frederick, Fredrick and Fredric are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Frederic have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 189 thousand people named Frederic in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled frederic.
- Is Frederic a male or female name?
- Frederic 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.
- How common is the name Frederic?
- In Spain, the national register counted 1,279 people named Frederic, about 1 in 39 thousand residents.
- How common is Frederic compared with other names?
- In France, Frederic is the 16th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Frederic?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fredericThe 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, “Frederic” — the 16th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.