Given name
Fredda
“a peaceful ruler”
Fredda is a variant of Frederica. In German use, Frederica carries the interpretation “a peaceful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fredda is a variant of Frederica. In German use, Frederica carries the interpretation “a peaceful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fredda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,477
- 0 boys · 1,477 girls
- Most popular year
- 1948
- 61 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 girls is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 61 in 1948. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 877 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fredda’s family of names
Fredda has a related form in Frederica.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Fredda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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