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 [ 1 syll. fred, fr-ed ] The girl name Fred is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced FREHD KEY. Fred's language of origin is Old English, Germanic, and Celtic. It is predominantly used in English. Fred is a short form of the English and Welsh Freda in the English language. Fred is also a pet form of the English, German, and Welsh Winifred in the English language. Fred is also a pet form of the English, German, Italian, and Polish Alfreda in the English language. Fred is also a short form of the English and Portuguese Frederica in the English language. Fred is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1901 with 0.005% of baby girls being named Fred. It was #895 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a drop in frequency since then, and is of only sporadic use today. Among all girl names in its family, Fred was nevertheless the most regularly used in 2008. In the last century Fred has primarily been a boy name. In 1929, 113 times more boys than girls were given the name Fred. Baby names that sound like Fred include the English and Welsh Freda, the Welsh Ffraid, the German Frede, the German Friede, the English Fredda, the English Freddi, the English Freddie, the English Freddy, the English Fredi, the English Fredie, the English Freeda, the English Freida, the English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish Frida, the English and German Frieda, the Polish Fryda, the Arabic Farida, and the English Fredia. KEY: Pronunciation for Fred: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"   |
