Given name & surname

Freilich

“happy, cheerful”

Freilich is a surname from Yiddish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Freilich goes back to Yiddish פֿריילעך, meaning “happy, cheerful.”

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Where it comes from

Freilich comes from Yiddish.

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How it developed

From Yiddish פֿריילעך (“happy, cheerful”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Freilich’s family of names

In German usage, Freilich has a later derivative in FRILEY. In German usage, Freilich has a conventional equivalent in the English form obvs.

Walk Freilich’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Sibling ideas

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