Freddy
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A diminutive of the male given name Frederick
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fɾoiði/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Freddy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Bolivia it is the 4th most common given name.
- BOBolivia≈1 in 279(inferred from the name graph)
- ECEcuador1 in 373
- NINicaragua≈1 in 463
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 Freddy 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.
- United States (measured from records)
- #406 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 585 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 279 (inferred from the name graph)
129,142 named Fred, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bolivia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Fred in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 2 more.
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)
A diminutive of the male given name Frederick.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
How Freddy is read(measured from records)
Freddy is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish56%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Freddy in Spanish.
- English19%
A diminutive of the male given name Frederick.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French7.0%
Diminutive of Frédéric, Germanic 'peace ruler'.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Freddy, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Freddy 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #194 | 129,142as Fred | 1 in 2.6K | 129K | Fred | 585 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈49,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Fred | 91 |
| EC Ecuador | #92 | 45,337 | 1 in 373 | 45K | Freddy | 91 |
| GB United Kingdom | #302 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | 2.4K | Fred | 249 |
| DE Germany | #364 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | listed | Fred | 198 |
| BO Bolivia | #4 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 279 | — | Freddy | 64 |
| CA Canada | #169 | ≈40,000 est. | ≈1 in 951 | 6 | Fred | 265 |
| NI Nicaragua | #55 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 463 | — | Freddy | 39 |
| CR Costa Rica | #58 | 7,036 | 1 in 725 | 7K | Freddy | 79 |
129,142 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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)
Freddy is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Freddy är ursprungligen en engelsk smekform till → Fredrik. En känd namnbärare är sångaren Freddie Wadling (1951–2016).
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In German, ) Freddie ['frech]: männl. Vom., englische Koseform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
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)
- Freddy Quinnb. 1931ATAustrian singer-actor
- Freddy Coleb. 1931USAmerican jazz singer and pianist
- Freddy Cannonb. 1936USAmerican rock and roll singer (1936–2026)
- Freddy Rincónb. 1966COColombian footballer (1966–2022)
- Freddy Rodriguezb. 1975USAmerican actor
- Freddy Garcíab. 1976VEbaseball player
- Freddy Eastwoodb. 1983GBBritish footballer (born 1983)
- Freddy Wexlerb. 1986USAmerican musician
- Freddy Adub. 1989GHAmerican soccer player
- Freddy Carterb. 1993GBEnglish actor
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 49 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 45K | #45 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 28K | #1,316 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 7K | #98 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 203 | #1,316 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 127 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 76 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 7 | #432 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 6 | #270 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 5 | — |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 1 | #2,319 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 are other forms of the name Freddy?
- In the etymology graph, Fred, Federico and Fredy are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Frederick and Fredrick.
- Is Freddy a male or female name?
- Freddy 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.
- What does the name Freddy mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the male given name Frederick. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Freddy?
- A machine transcription gives /fɾoiði/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Freddy have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 129 thousand people named Fred, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Freddy?
- In Ecuador, the national register counted 45,337 people named Freddy in 2024, about 1 in 373 residents.
- How common is Freddy compared with other names?
- In the United States, Freddy is the 194th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Freddy?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/freddyThe 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, “Freddy” — the 194th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.