Name meaning & stats
Fredrik
Fredrik means “peace king, peaceful ruler” (Germanic origin). 510 US babies since 1940, peak 2020. Notable Fredriks are 4.0× over-represented as ice hockey players.
What it means
“peace king, peaceful ruler”
GermanicSpelling of Frederick
Frederick around the world
- Фредерик · Russian
- Фредерик · Ukrainian
- Φρέντερικ · Greek
- فردرك · Arabic
- פרדריק · Hebrew
- フレデリック · Japanese
- Frederik · Dutch
- Frédéric · French
- Fryderyk · Polish
- Friederich · German
Famous Fredericks
- Frederick Douglass · African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–18
- Frederick Sanger · British biochemist (1918–2013)
- Frederick Soddy · English radiochemist (1877–1956)
In US birth records
Peak year: 2020
510 US babies were named Fredrik between 1940 and 2025.
Fredrik around the world
- Norway: 15,139 babies since 1945, peak 1989, No. 81 in 2025
- Sweden: 2,500 babies since 1998, peak 1998, No. 651 in 2022
- England & Wales: 378 babies since 1996, peak 2020, No. 1,895 in 2025
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Fredriks end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Footballer | 1.2× | High · 106 people |
| Ice hockey player | 4.0× | High · 64 people |
| Politician | 0.6× | High · 54 people |
| Actor | 1.1× | High · 43 people |
Among notable men who are ice hockey players, Fredriks show up 4.0× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
One more thing…
Fredriks are 1.9× more likely than expected to be tennis players.
The surprise career: Low confidence · 8 notable people.
Other spellings
1 in 467 Fredericks spell it Fredrik
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2020)