Fredrik or Frederik is a masculine Germanic given name derived from the German name Friedrich or Friederich, from the Old High German fridu meaning "peace" and rîhhi meaning "ruler" or "power". It is the common form of Frederick in Norway, Finland and Sweden. The name means "peaceful ruler" The most common variant spelling of this name is Frederik which is used in Denmark, although the English spelling Frederick is more common than either. Fredrik replaced the Anglo-Saxon name Freodheric, and has been a rare first name in England since this time.
In Sweden, Fredrik first fell into usage in the 14th century, and became increasingly common after the 18th century. It is the 19th most popular male name in SwedenGiven names, men , Statistics Sweden, current as of Dec 31 2007 and the 41st most popular in Norway.The 100th most common male names, Statistics Norway It has a name day in Sweden, on July 18. Common diminutive forms include: Fred, Frillo, Fredde, Freddy, Freddie, and Rikke.
Notable people with this name Fredrik Ardraa (born 2006), Norwegian footballer Fredrik Aursnes (born 1995), Norwegian footballer Fredrik Bajer: winner of the Nobel Prize in 1908 for peace
Fredrik Bild (born 1974), Swedish footballer Fredrik Florén (born 1971), Swedish diplomat Fredrik Haga: Finnish football executive, coach and former player Fredrik Jensen (disambiguation) Fredrik Letzler: Swedish freestyle swimmer Fredrik Lindgren (musician) (1971–2025), Swedish musician Freddie Ljungberg: Swedish footballer Fredrik Lundh Sammeli (born 1977), Swedish politician
Frederik Magle: Danish composer, organist and pianist Fredrik Modin (born 1974), Swedish ice hockey player Frederik Paludan-Müller: Danish poet Frederik Pohl: American writer Fredrik Reinfeldt: Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Skavlan: Norwegian chat show host Frederik Stang: Norwegian politician Fredrik Svanbäck: Finnish footballer Fredrik Thordendal: Swedish musician Frederick Douglass: American abolitionist Fredrik deBoer: American academic
Other instances of this name There have been two Kings of Sweden with this name: Fredrik I (1720–1751) and Adolf Fredrik (1751–1771) The name Fredrik is also the basis for two European surnames: Frisian: Vick German, Polish: Frick Swedish band Fredrik
Variations of this name
Male Afrikaans: Frederik, Freek Czech: Bedřich Danish: Frederik / Fredrik Dutch: Frederik Emilian: Fedrîgh English: Frederic / Frederick Estonian: Priidu, Priit French: Frédéric, Frédérick Frisian: Freddercke, Freerk German: Friedrich Greek: Φρειδερίκος Hawaiian: Peleke Hungarian: Frigyes Icelandic: Friðrik Italian: Federico Latvian: Frīdrihs, Fricis Polish: Fryderyk Portuguese: Frederico Romanian: Frederic Slovene: Friderik Spanish: Federico
Female Czech: Bedřiška Dutch: Frederika Danish: Frederikke English: Frederica French: Frédérique German: Friederike Greek: Frideriki Icelandic:Friðrika Italian: Federica Norwegian: Fredrikke Polish: Fryderyka Romanian: Frederica Swedish:Fredrika, Fredrica Spanish: Federica
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