Frede
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Friede < germ
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈfɹid/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Frede is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 54K(inferred from the name graph)
- UYUruguay1 in 109K
- PTPortugal≈1 in 112K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 44 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 54K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Friede < germ. *friþu ‚Friede‘; 718 Träger.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Frede counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 54K | listed | — | 1 |
| US United States | 384 | 1 in 866K | 431 | Frede | 25 |
| FR France | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 390K | 18 | — | — |
| AR Argentina | 116 | 1 in 392K | 116 | Frede | 23 |
| PT Portugal | ≈92 est. | ≈1 in 112K | — | Frede | 15 |
| DK Denmark | 45 | 1 in 130K | 2.1K | — | — |
| UY Uruguay | 31 | 1 in 109K | 31 | Frede | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the dfa-band-6 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Frede is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronymischer Familienname aus der Kurzform des Rufnamens Friede(n); 718 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In Norwegian Nynorsk, to protect, preserve (by law)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, inflection of frēdan:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In srn, afraid
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Wilhelm Fredeb. 1875DEGerman diplomat (1875-1942)
- Hermann Fredeb. 1883DEGerman architect
- Lothar Fredeb. 1889DEjudge
- Valda Valkyrienb. 1895USnot in their usual nameDanish actress (1895-1956)
- Günter Fredeb. 1901DEGerman politician (1901-1967)
- Hermann Josef Fredeb. 1922DEGerman theologian (1922-1998)
- Hans-Rainer Fredeb. 1932DEGerman politician (1932-2005)
- Michael Fredeb. 1940DEGerman scholar of ancient philosophy (1940–2007)
- Dorothea Fredeb. 1941DEGerman university teacher
- Victoria FredeUSAmerican historian
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 37 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 431 | #46,523 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 407 | #54,637 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 384 | #53,802 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 116 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 45 | #11,657 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 31 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 18 | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Frede?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈfɹid/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Frede mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Friede < germ.
- In which country does Frede have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Frede in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Frede?
- In the United States, the national register counted 384 people named Frede in 2010, about 1 in 866 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fredeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Frede”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.