Given name
Fredrik
“a peaceful ruler”
Fredrik is a variant of Frederick. One German interpretation is “a peaceful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fredrik is a variant of Frederick. One German interpretation is “a peaceful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fredrik is a variant of Frederick. An origin associated with Frederick is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish use, Fredrik is used as a form of Frederick.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fredrik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 525
- 525 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,461 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,461 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 736 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.
Fredrik’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Fredrik has a diminutive in FREDDE. In Norwegian usage, Fredrik shares a linguistic root with the English form Frederick. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Fredrik has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Frederico.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fredrik has relatives in 10 languages.
11 related names in 10 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 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Fredrik
- Fredrik BajerDanish politician (1837-1922)
- Frederick I of Swedenking of Sweden (1676-1751)
- Fredrik BackmanSwedish writerborn 1981
- Fredrik AursnesNorwegian association football player (born 1995)
- Fredrik André BjørkanNorwegian footballer (born 1998)
- Fredrik BarthNorwegian social anthropologist (1928–2016)
- Fredrik StoorSwedish footballerborn 1984
- Fredrik PaciusGerman composer resided in Finland (1809-1891)
- Fredrik StenmanSwedish footballerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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