Wilfred
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning desiring peace.
Wilfred by the numbers
In 2025, 475 babies in England and Wales were named Wilfred. In the US, 22 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 802 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Wilfred. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean peace
Like Wilfred, 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 Wilfred
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