Given name & surname

Freitag

Freitag is a surname from Germanic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Freitag comes from Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Freitag’s family of names

In German usage, Freitag as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form FRIDAY. In German usage, Freitag as a surname has a related form in FREYTAG. In German usage, Freitag as a surname has a related form in FREYTAG.

Walk Freitag’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Freitag has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.

Proto-Germanic

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

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.

Similar names

If you love Freitag, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic

Friþestan

“peace” · “stone”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Froila

Froila is a masculine given name from Gothic, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician.

No U.S. birth series

38% boys · 62% girls

Germanic

Freán

“lord”

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Friþuræd

“peace” · “counsel, advice”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

França

“the Franks”

No U.S. birth series

—

Germanic

Frenchy

“woman from France; one who is free”

No U.S. birth series

30% boys · 70% girls

Germanic

Froxán

“lord”

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Friþelaf

“peace” · “remainder”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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