Freddy
Meaning
nickname for Frederick, peaceful ruler
Freddy around the world
One shared root links 6 names across 3 languages.
Shared root: from Germanic frid "peace" + ric "ruler", a German royal staple the English re-imported with the Hanoverians
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Freddy peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
806 people · the #9,619 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 250,000 · median age 37
Among people named Freddy living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Freddy deep dive
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