Frederick
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from the male personal name Frederick, of Germanic origin, literally ‘peace-power’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fɹɛdəɹɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Frederick is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Ghana it is the 25th most common given name.
- GHGhana≈1 in 954(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.3K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.5K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #630 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 558 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 954 (inferred from the name graph)
≈860,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ghana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
from the male personal name Frederick, of Germanic origin, literally ‘peace-power’
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Frederick 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈860,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Frederick | 49 |
| US United States | #274 | 138,927 | 1 in 2.4K | 139K | Frederick | 558 |
| GB United Kingdom | #211 | ≈52,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 964 | Frederick | 266 |
| PH Philippines | #441 | ≈50,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Frederick | 154 |
| ZA South Africa | #102 | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Frederick | 108 |
| GH Ghana | #25 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 954 | — | Frederick | 102 |
| NZ New Zealand | #226 | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | 38 | Frederick | 86 |
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); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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)
Frederick 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 English, from OG Frideric/Frederic 'peace-rule'; first attested Frederic, Fredri 1066 DB
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Germanic ‘peace ruler’; used in Ireland to anglicise Fardoragh.
as a nameIrish first names
In German, Patronymic surname from Friedrich/Friedrich-forms; illustrates -s/-sen patronymics and historical orthographic variation.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
From an Old French name of Germanic origin, from fred, frid ‘peace’ + ric ‘power’, ‘ruler’. It was adopted by the Normans and introduced into Britain by them, but did not survive long. Modern use in Britain dates from the 17th century, and it became more frequent in the 18th among followers of the Elector of
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Germanic, ‘peace ruler’. This name was used in Ireland to anglicise Fardoragh. Fursey [Fursa] (m) According to legend St Fursey had a vision of the world to come. His name was used by Mervyn Wall (1908-97) in a number of amusing satirical novels.
as a nameIrish first names
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 III of Great Britainb. 1738GBnot in their usual nameKing of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820 (1738–1820)
- George IVb. 1762GBnot in their usual nameKing of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820 to 1830
- John Herschelb. 1792GBnot in their usual nameEnglish polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (1792–1871)
- Frederick Soddyb. 1877GBEnglish radiochemist (1877–1956)
- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucesterb. 1900GBnot in their usual nameBritish soldier (1900–1974), Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947
- Alec Douglas-Homeb. 1903GBnot in their usual namePrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964
- Robert Donatb. 1905GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actor (1905–1958)
- Bruce Springsteenb. 1949USnot in their usual nameAmerican rock singer (born 1949)
- Kiefer Sutherlandb. 1966GBnot in their usual nameBritish-Canadian actor (born 1966)
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 119 sources across 61 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 139K | #406 |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 964 | #55 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 728 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 162 | #406 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2025 | 38 | — |
Reference works 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Frederick mean, and where does it come from?
- from the male personal name Frederick, of Germanic origin, literally ‘peace-power’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- What are other forms of the name Frederick?
- In the etymology graph, Federico, Erick and Frederic are forms of the same name in other languages; Fred, Freddy and Freddie are recorded short or pet forms.
- Is Frederick a male or female name?
- Frederick 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 do you pronounce Frederick?
- A machine transcription gives /fɹɛdəɹɪk/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Frederick have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 864 thousand people named Frederick in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled frederick.
- How common is the name Frederick?
- In the United States, the national register counted 138,927 people named Frederick in 2020, about 1 in 2.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Frederick compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Frederick is the 25th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.
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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, “Frederick” — the 25th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.