Given name & surname
Fread
“a peaceful man; one who is free”
Fread is a variant of Freed. One English interpretation is “a peaceful man; one who is free.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fread is a variant of Freed. One English interpretation is “a peaceful man; one who is free.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fread is a variant of Freed. An origin associated with Freed is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fread through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 328
- 328 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1953. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 410 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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If you love Fread, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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