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Wilfrid - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Wilfrid

[ 2 syll. wi-(l)frid, wil-fr-id ] The boy name Wilfrid is pronounced WIHLFRahD KEY. Wilfrid's language of origin is Germanic. It is predominantly used in the English and French languages. Wilfrid is a variant form of Wilfred (English).

Wilfrid is an uncommon baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1907, 0.008% of baby boys were given the name Wilfrid. It was #775 in rank then. The baby name has seen a drop in popularity since then, and is of only irregular use today. Within all boy names in its family, Wilfrid was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Wilfrid include Wilfred (English), Walfried (German), Wilbert (English and German), Wilfried (German), Wilibrord (English and German), Willfried (German), Willibrord (English and German), Wilpert (German), Wolfhard (German), Wolfhart (German), Wilberto (Spanish), and Willibert (German).

KEY: Pronunciation for Wilfrid: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"


 
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