Given name
Gilfred
“one who has taken an oath of peace”
Gilfred is used as a given name. One interpretation is “one who has taken an oath of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who has taken an oath of peace.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gilfred through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1920. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gilfred’s family of names
Gilfred has a related form in Gilfreid. Gilfred has a related form in Gilfrid. Gilfred has a related form in Gilfried.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Gylfreidvariant
- Gylfriedvariant
- Gylfrydvariant
- Gylfridvariant
- Gylfredvariant
- Gilfreidvariant
- Gilfriedvariant
- Gilfrydvariant
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