Given name & surname · also English, Germanic
Manfred
“a man of peace”
Manfred is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a man of peace.”
Original GermanManfried
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a man of peace.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Germanic and English naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manfred through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,455
- 1,455 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 37 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 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,077 as a first name in 2020; 410 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.
Manfred’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Manfred has a diminutive in Manny. Manfred shares a linguistic root with Manfredo. Manfred has a related form in Manfreid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Manfred has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
9 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Manfred
- Manfred EigenGerman biophysical chemist (1927-2019)
- Manfred von RichthofenGerman fighter pilot (1892-1918)
- Manfred KaltzGerman footballer and managerborn 1953
- Manfred WeberGerman politicianborn 1972
- Manfred GerlachGerman jurist and politician (1928-2011)
- Manfred RommelGerman politician (1928–2013)
- Manfred WörnerGerman politician (1934-1994)
- Manfred von ArdenneGerman researcher and applied physicist (1907-1997)
- Thierry MuglerFrench fashion designer and photographer (1945–2022)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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