Given name & surname
Frederico
“a peaceful ruler”
Frederico is a variant of Frederick. One German interpretation is “a peaceful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Frederico is a variant of Frederick. One German interpretation is “a peaceful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Frederico is a variant of Frederick. An origin associated with Frederick is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Frederīcus, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks (“peace king, peaceful ruler”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Frederico through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,089
- 1,089 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +40%
- Rising
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,533 as a first name in 2020; 490 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.
Frederico’s family of names
Frederico has a related form in Frederick. In Portuguese usage, Frederico has a conventional equivalent in the English form Frederick. In Italian usage, Frederico has a related form in Federico.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Frederico has relatives in 38 languages.
30 related names in 38 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 29
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- FredericRomanian, Occitan
- FrederikDutch, Slovak
- FriedrichGerman
- FredrikSwedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- Fredericafeminine form
- FryderykPolish
- FrédéricFrench
- ФрідріхUkrainian
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- FidiricuSicilian
- ФридрихSerbian, Russian
- Federichpms
- FederikuMaltese
- FrydrichasLithuanian
- FridrihsLatvian
- FridericusLatin
- FriðrikIcelandic
- FrigyesHungarian
- ΦρειδερίκοςGreek
- FreardorchaScottish Gaelic
- VeetiFinnish
- FríðrikurFaroese
- PriitEstonian
- FriderikSlovene
- FridrikCroatian
- BedřichCzech
- ফ্রেডেরিকBengali
- FrederikoBasque
- FrerichLow German
- FreerkLow German
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Frederico
- FredBrazilian association football player (born 1983)
- FredBrazilian association football player, born 1993
- Fritz d'OreyBrazilian racing driver1938–2020
- Freddy CannonAmerican rock and roll singer (1936–2026)
- Frederico ParedesPortuguese fencer (1889-1972)
- Frederico RosaPortuguese footballer (1957-2019)
- Federico TomasoniItalian freestyle skierborn 1997
- Frederico Carlos HoehneBrazilian botanist (1882-1959)
- FredBrazilian association football player (1949–2022)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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