Given name & surname
Fraser
“of the forest men”
Fraser is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “of the forest men.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “of the forest men.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Scottish, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Fraser through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 551
- 551 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,686 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +124%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,686 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 850 as a first name in 2020; 25,192 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fraser’s family of names
Fraser has a related form in Frazier. Fraser has a related form in Frazer. Fraser has a related form in Fraeser.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fraser has relatives in 6 languages.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Fraziervariant
- Frasiervariant
- Frazervariant · English
- Fraizervariant
- Fraezervariant
- Frayzervariant
- Fraeservariant
- Frayservariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fraser
- Fraser ForsterEnglish association football player (born 1988)
- Fraser AirdCanadian-Scottish footballerborn 1995
- Fraser T. SmithEnglish record producer, songwriter and musicianborn 1971
- Fraser HornbyScottish association football playerborn 1999
- Fraser Clarke HestonAmerican film director, producer and screenwriterborn 1955
- Fraser Fyviefootball playerborn 1993
- Fraser AnningAustralian politicianborn 1949
- Fraser PatrickScottish professional snooker playerborn 1985
- Fraser BrownScottish rugby union playerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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