Friedrich name - Meaning of Friedrich
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 8
- Usage
- German, Germanic
- Pronounced
- FREED-rikh
- Friedrich Meaning
- German form of Frederick. This was the name of kings of Germany. The socialist Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) and the philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) are two famous bearers of this name. Friedrich is a German variant of Frederick. Frederick originates in Germanic languages and means "calm monarch". In the United States, it was most popular at the beginning of the 20th century, since then its usage has declined. It used to be a favorite name in European royal circles, more recently the famous bearers include Frederick Forsyth, a British novelist.
Friedrich Related Names
Variant:, Friederick
Diminutives: Fiete, Fred, Fritz
Feminine Forms: Frieda, Friede, Friederike, Fritzi, Rike
Other Languages: Friduric (Ancient Germanic), Bedřich (Czech), Frederik (Danish), Frederik, Fred, Freek, Frits, Rik (Dutch), Frederick, Fred, Freddie, Freddy, Fredric, Fredrick (English), Fredrik, Veeti (Finnish), Frédéric, Fred (French), Fedde (Frisian), Frigyes (Hungarian), Friðrik (Icelandic), Federico, Federigo, Fredo (Italian), Fricis, Frīdrihs (Latvian), Fredrik (Norwegian), Fryderyk (Polish), Frederico, Fred (Portuguese), Friderik (Slovene), Federico (Spanish), Fredrik (Swedish)
Friedrich Celebrities
Friedrich Engels - economist, Friedrich Merz - politician, Friedrich Muller - artist, Friedrich von Schiller - playwright, Friedrich von Schlegel - philosopher,
