MEANING & HISTORY
What does Frederic mean?
Frederic is described as French-style in English; the editorial account also documents Catalan and Occitan forms. The older Germanic compound contains the elements peace and ruler, independently confirmed in the medieval name dictionary.
The missing final k is a spelling feature, not the removal of a meaningful word component. Frederic should also remain distinct from accented French Frédéric when exact personal records are being compared. Its inherited political vocabulary explains the name’s formation rather than assigning royal status or a future occupation to a person.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name from the Germanic languages, a French-style spelling variant of Frederick.
Wiktionary: Frederic (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Frederic
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Fred Moser
Filipino–Swiss celebrity (born 2007)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Fred Moser
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Frederic in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Frederic
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Frederick♂Peaceful ruler
- Fredrick♂Peace and ruler; variant of Frederick
- Cedric♂Literary name created by Walter Scott
- Edric♂Wealth and ruler
- Freddie♂Familiar form of Fred
- Eric♂Ever-ruler, in the usual Norse analysis
- Freddy·Familiar form of Frederick and related Fred-names
- Francis♂Frenchman or Frankish man
What rhymes with Frederic?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Frederic further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q16275883 — Frederic (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Fred Moser (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16275883 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Frederic (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Frederick (opens in a new tab)
Germanic peace plus ruler.
- Behind the Name — Frederic (opens in a new tab)
Editorial exact form also documents Catalan and Occitan uses; distinguish French-style English description from accented French Frédéric.