Frederic

Where Frederic comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Frederic.

  • Germanic
Frederic through the years
  1. 1826
    Frederic Edwin Church born
    American landscape painter
  2. 1830
    Frederic Leighton born
    English painter and sculptor
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #363 among boys, with 22 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1885
    Peak, #298
    32 babies named Frederic, its best rank.
  5. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #512.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, a French-style spelling variant of Frederick.
Namesakes
  • Frederic Leighton · English painter and sculptor, 1830–1896
  • Frederic Edwin Church · American landscape painter, 1826–1900
  • Frederic Forrest · American actor, 1936–2023
  • Frederic Remington · American painter and sculptor, 1861–1909

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.