a male given name from Old High German, equivalent to English Frederick.
köken: Inherited from Old High German Fridurih (fridu (“peace”) + -rih (“suffix for male names, originally a noun meaning king”)), from Proto-West Germanic *Friþurīk.
a male given name, equivalent to English Frederick
köken: From Middle Dutch Vrederic, from Old Dutch Frithoric, from Proto-West Germanic *Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks, a compound of *friþuz (“peace”) + *rīks (“king”).
köken: Originally a pet form of the Swedish Fredrik (“Frederick”) and Ferdinand (rarely also of Alfred and Felix), with a formal given name status since the 1990s.