Given name & surname
Fredy
Fredy is a given name from English. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Fredy is a diminutive of Frederick.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fredy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,812
- 4,812 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 191 babies
- 2025
- 71
- #2,083 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 71 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,083 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 0.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 191 in 2005. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,789 as a first name in 2020; 120 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.
Fredy’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Fredy is a diminutive of Frederick. In Czech usage, Fredy is a diminutive of Alfréd.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fredy
- Fredy GuarínColombian footballerborn 1986
- Fredy MonteroColombian footballerborn 1987
- Fredy SchmidtkeGerman track cyclist (1961–2017)
- Fredy PerlmanCzech-born American author and activist (1934–1985)
- Fredy HirschGerman educationist (1916–1944)
- Fredy BareiroParaguayan Footballerborn 1982
- Fredy GlanzmannSwiss Nordic combined skierborn 1963
- Fredy GonzálezColombian cyclistborn 1975
- Fredy ThompsonGuatemalan footballerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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