Given name & surname
Frederich
“a peaceful ruler”
Frederich is a variant of Frederick. One German interpretation is “a peaceful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Frederich is a variant of Frederick. One German interpretation is “a peaceful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Frederich is a variant of Frederick. An origin associated with Frederick is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Frederich through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 630
- 630 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 19 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 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 215 as a first name in 2020; 183 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Frederich’s family of names
Frederich has a related form in Frederick. Frederich has a conventional equivalent in the German form Friedrich. In German usage, Frederich as a surname has a related form in Friedrich.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Frederich
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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