Meanings
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Have you not heard speak of Mariana, the sister of Frederick, the great soldier who miscarried at sea?
Act III, Scene I1 more example
When I referred to the confusion which would result from the presence in the house of two people with the same name, she tossed her head and said it would be easy to obviate that by calling me Frederick instead of Fred. - - - Imagine Harry Bolles and other kindred spirits calling me stiff, august Frederick! I vowed that this should not be brought to pass - - -
1892, Robert Grant, The Reflections of a Married Man, Scribner, pages 98–99 - A surname.
- A town in Weld County, Colorado.
- A tiny city in Rice County, Kansas.
- A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
- A ghost town in Macomb County, Michigan.
- A city, the county seat of Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States.
- A town in Brown County, South Dakota.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*Friþurīks
- Frankish*Friþurīk
- Old High GermanFridurih
- LatinFriderīcus
- GermanFriedrich
- EnglishFrederick
From German Friedrich, Friederich and influenced by Latin Friderīcus, Frederīcus, from Old High German Fridurih, from Frankish *Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks, from *friþuz (“peace”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”), literally “peace king, peaceful ruler”.
More words from German, Latin, Old High German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فريدرش
- فريدرشmale given name
Basque Frederiko
- Frederikomale given name
Bengali ফ্রেডেরিক
- ফ্রেডেরিক (phreḍerik)male given name
Bulgarian Фри́дрих, Фре́дерик
- Фри́дрих (Frídrih)male given name
- Фре́дерик (Fréderik)male given name
Catalan Frederic
- Fredericmale given name
Chinese Cantonese 弗雷德里克
- 弗雷德里克 (fat¹ leui⁴ dak¹ lei⁵ hak¹)male given name
Chinese Mandarin 弗雷德里克, 腓特烈
- 弗雷德里克 (Fúléidélǐkè)male given name
- 腓特烈 (Féitèliè)male given name
Czech Bedřich
- Bedřichmale given name
Danish Frederik
- Frederikmale given name
Dutch Frederik
- Frederikmale given name
Esperanto Frederiko
- Frederikomale given name
Estonian Priit
- Priitmale given name
Finnish Veeti
- Veetimale given name
French Frédéric
- Frédéricmale given name
German Friedrich, Friederich
- Friedrichmale given name
- Friederichmale given name
Greek Φρειδερίκος, Φρήντριχ
- Φρειδερίκος (Freideríkos)male given name
- Φρήντριχ (Fríntrich)male given name
Hebrew פרידריך
- פרידריךmale given name
Hungarian Frigyes
- Frigyesmale given name
Icelandic Friðrik
- Friðrikmale given name
Irish Feardorcha
- Feardorchamale given name
Italian Federico, Federigo
- Federicomale given name
- Federigomale given name
- Fedricomale given name
Japanese フレデリック
- フレデリック (Furederikku)male given name
Korean 프리드리히
- 프리드리히 (Peurideurihi)male given name
Latin Frederīcus, Friderīcus
- Frederīcusmale given name
- Friderīcusmale given name
Latvian Fridrihs
- Fridrihsmale given name
Lithuanian Frydrichas
- Frydrichasmale given name
Norwegian Bokmål Fredrik
- Fredrikmale given name
Persian فردریک, فردریش
- فردریک (feredrik)male given name
- فردریش (feredriš)male given name
Polish Fryderyk
- Fryderykmale given name
Portuguese Frederico
- Fredericomale given name
Romanian Frederic
- Fredericmale given name
Russian Фри́дрих, Фре́дерик
- Фри́дрих (Frídrix)male given name
- Фре́дерик (Fréderik)male given name
Scottish Gaelic Freardorcha
- Freardorchamale given name
Slovak Frederik
- Frederikmale given name
Spanish Federico, Fadrique
- Federicomale given name
- Fadriquemale given name
Swedish Fredrik
- Fredrikmale given name
Thai เฟรเดอริก
- เฟรเดอริกmale given name
Ukrainian Фрі́дріх
- Фрі́дріх (Frídrix)male given name
Welsh Ffredrig
- Ffredrigmale given name
Cite this entry
Frederick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frederick
“Frederick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frederick. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Frederick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Frederick.
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