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Fredrik
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Usage
Old Swedish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Origin and Meaning
Nordic form of Frederik [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Related Names
See Frederik
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Fredrikinpoika |
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| Fredriksen |
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| Fredrikson |
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| Fredrikssen |
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| Fredriksson |
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| Fredrikssøn |
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| Fredriksøn |
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Female
| Fredrikdatter |
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| Fredrikintytär |
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| Fredriksdatter |
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| Fredriksdotter |
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Grammar
| - Danish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Fredrik |
| Genitive: | Fredriks |
| - Finnish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Fredrik |
| Genitive: | Fredrikin |
| Partitive: | Fredrikiä |
| - Norwegian |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Fredrik |
| Genitive: | Fredriks |
| - Swedish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Fredrik |
| Genitive: | Fredriks |
Name Days
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14 November |
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18 July |
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18 July |
Further Information
Pronunciation
- Swedish: [ˈfreːdrɪk]
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Namesakes
- Fredrik I, (17 April 1676 – 25 March 1751), prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and King of Sweden from 1720 until his death and (as Frederick I) also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730
- Adolf Fredrik (14 May 1710 – 12 February 1771), King of Sweden from 1751 until his death
- Fredrik Wilhelm von Otter (11 April 1833 - 9 March 1910), Prime Minister of Sweden and Norway (1900-1902)
- Fredrik Bajer (21 April 1837 – 22 January 1922), Danish writer, teacher, pacifist politician and Nobel laureate
(Peace, 1908) - John Fredrik Reinfeldt (* 4 August 1965), Prime Minister of Sweden 2006-2014
- Fredrik Skavlan (born 2 September 1966), Norwegian journalist, cartoonist and TV personality
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Sweden[6] |
  |
4 | 9 | 51797 | 96243 |
| Norway[7] |
 |
0 | n.a. | 14292 | n.a. |
| Denmark[8] |
 |
0 | n.a. | 422 | n.a. |
| Finland[9] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. | 12245 |
| #: count of main first name only | |||||
| &: count of both main and additional first names | |||||
| Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [10]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables