Friedl is a Southern German diminutive variation of the name Fried - or alternately, a diminutive of the feminine given names Elfriede and Frederika. Notable people with the name include:

Given name Friedl Behn-Grund (1906–1989), German cinematographer Friedel Buckow (1897–1979), German film editor Friedl Czepa (1898–1973), Austrian actress Friedl Däuber (1911–1997), German alpine and cross-country skier Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898–1944), Austrian artist and educator Friedl Haerlin (1901–1981), German actress Friedl Hardt (1919–1991), German actress Friedl Iby (1905–1960), German gymnast Friedl Kjellberg (1905–1993), Austrian-born Finnish ceramist Friedl Kubelka (born 1946), British-Austrian photographer, filmmaker and visual artist Friedl Murauer (born 1938), Austrian hurdler Friedl Rinder (1905–2001), German chess master

Surname Claudia Friedl (born 1960), Swiss politician Franz R. Friedl (1892–1977), Austrian composer René Friedl (born 1967), East German-German luger Sigmund Friedl (1851–1914), Austrian philatelist, stamp dealer and forger T. J. Friedl (born 1995), American baseball player Marco Friedl (born 1998), Austrian footballer Thomas Peter Friedl (born 1967), German film producer

See also Friedel