Type Word & Element
Meaning & History
Related Items
Other Languages & Culturesfriþ(Anglo-Saxon) friþu(Frankish) friþus(Gothic) frithu(Old Dutch) fridu(Old High German) friðr(Old Norse) frithu(Old Saxon)
Given Name DescendantsWilfrith, Wilfrið(Anglo-Saxon) Frederic, Guifré(Catalan) Bedřich, Bedřiška(Czech) Frederik, Frederikke, Vilfred(Danish) Frederik(Dutch) Frederica, Frederick, Fredric, Fredrick, Freida, Frieda, Wilfred, Wilfrid, Wilfreda(English) Priidik(Estonian) Fredrik, Fredrika(Finnish) Frédéric, Frédérique(French) Fedde(Frisian) Frida, Frieda, Friede, Friederike, Friedrich, Siegfried, Wilfried(German) Frida, Friduric, Sigifrid, Willifrid(Germanic) Siegfried(Germanic Mythology) Frigyes(Hungarian) Friðrik, Friðrika(Icelandic) Federica, Federico, Federigo, Sigfrido, Vilfredo(Italian) Fricis, Frīdrihs(Latvian) Fredrik, Fredrikke(Norwegian) Frederic(Occitan) Friþurīks, Sigifriþuz, Wiljafriþuz(Old Germanic) Sigfrøðr(Old Norse) Fryderyk, Zygfryd, Fryderyka(Polish) Frederica, Frederico(Portuguese) Friderik(Slovene) Federico, Wilfredo, Sigfrido(Spanish) Fredrik, Fredrika, Sigfrid(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsFrederiksen(Danish) Friedrich(German) Fredriksen(Norwegian) Fredriksson(Swedish)
Sources & References
- Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 156.
- Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 115.
