Given name
Wilfreda
“determined peacemaker”·“one who wishes for peace”
Wilfreda is a feminine form of Wilfred. One English interpretation is “one who wishes for peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Wilfreda carries the interpretation “determined peacemaker.” Wilfreda is a feminine form of Wilfred. One English interpretation is “one who wishes for peace.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Wilfreda is used as a feminine counterpart of Wilfred.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wilfreda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 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 girls is 5 in 1934. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 131 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wilfreda’s family of names
Wilfreda is a feminine form of Wilfred. Wilfreda has a related form in Wilfreada. Wilfreda has a related form in Wilfredah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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