Fred
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning peaceful ruler; a form of Frederick.
Fred by the numbers
In 2025, 65 babies in England and Wales were named Fred. In the US, 104 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 6,532 babies in 1924, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Frederick
Like Fred, each of these traces back to Frederick: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Frederickpeaceful ruler; peaceful and powerful954 in England and Wales (2025)
- Freddypeaceful ruler; a diminutive of Frederick135 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fredrickpeaceful ruler; a variant spelling of Frederick33 in England and Wales (2025)
- Federicopeaceful ruler; a form of Frederick22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fritzpeaceful ruler; a form of Frederick37 in the US (2017)
- Fredrikpeaceful ruler; Scandinavian form of Frederick13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fredricpeaceful ruler; variant of Frederick13 in the US (2017)
- Freddie-Jamespeaceful ruler and supplanter; compound of Frederick and James12 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Fred. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a king or ruler
Like Fred, each of these has a king or ruler in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Henryruler of the home2,295 in England and Wales (2025)
- Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
- Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Arthurbear; the legendary king3,211 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reaganlittle king3,211 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean peace
Like Fred, each of these has peace in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliverolive tree; peace3,154 in England and Wales (2025)
- Axelfather of peace3,782 in the US (2017)
- Freddiepeaceful ruler; from Frederick2,526 in England and Wales (2025)
- Paxtonpeace settlement or town1,993 in the US (2017)
- Paytonpeace settlement or town; variant of Paxton1,922 in the US (2017)
- Jeffreypeace; variant of Geoffrey1,049 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Fred
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