Valfrid
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Valfrid is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Valfrid är ett tyskt namn, sammansatt av fornhögtyskt walt- (till verbet waltan ’styra, härska’) och → -frid.
- SESweden
- FIFinland
- PHPhilippines
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Valfrid är ett tyskt namn, sammansatt av fornhögtyskt walt- (till verbet waltan ’styra, härska’) och → -frid. I både den rikssvenska och finlandssvenska almanackan 12 oktober. Namnet placerades 1719 på denna dag, egentligen en minnesdag för den helige Wilfrid, en engelsk missionär (död 709).
Sources 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Valfrid Karlsonb. 1855SESwedish architect (1855–1935)
- Djurgårds-Kalleb. 1866SEnot in their usual nameSwedish musician
- Vagn Walfrid Ekmanb. 1874SEnot in their usual nameSwedish oceanographer
- Valfrid Palmgrenb. 1877SESwedish politician
- Valfrid Perttiläb. 1878FIFinnish politician
- Valfrid Eskolab. 1889FIFinnish politician (1889-1961)
- Runar Finniläb. 1891FInot in their usual nameFinnish architect
- Harry Nilssonb. 1916SEnot in their usual nameSwedish footballer (1916–1993)
- Tage Flisbergb. 1917SEnot in their usual nameSwedish table tennis player (1917-1989)
- Weiron Holmbergb. 1935SEnot in their usual nameactor
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.
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 does the name Valfrid mean?
- Recorded meaning: Valfrid är ett tyskt namn, sammansatt av fornhögtyskt walt- (till verbet waltan ’styra, härska’) och → -frid.
- Is Valfrid a male or female name?
- Valfrid 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 Valfrid have the most bearers?
- Valfrid is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/valfridThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Valfrid”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.