Given name
Manfried
“a man of peace”
Manfried is a variant of Manfred. One German interpretation is “a man of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Manfried is a variant of Manfred. One German interpretation is “a man of peace.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Manfried is a variant of Manfred. Manfred has been associated with Germanic and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Manfried through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1936
- 6 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 1936. 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.
Manfried’s family of names
In German usage, Manfried has a related form in Manfred.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Manfried
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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