Frederick

Where Frederick comes from

From German Friedrich, Friederich and influenced by Latin Friderīcus, Frederīcus, from Old High German Fridurih, from Frankish *Friþurīk, from Proto-Germanic *Friþurīks, from *friþuz (“peace”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”), literally “peace king, peaceful ruler”.
— Wiktionary's entry for Frederick
  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1817
    Frederick Douglass born
    African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #33 among boys with 483 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1918
    Frederick Sanger born
    British biochemist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Frederick Douglass · African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist, 1817–1895
  • Frederick Sanger · British biochemist, 1918–2013
  • Frederick Soddy · English radiochemist, 1877–1956
  • Frederick Banting · Canadian medical scientist and doctor, 1891–1941
  • Frederick Reines · American physicist, 1918–1998

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.