Fritz

German, diminutive of Friedrich or Frederick

"peaceful ruler"

Fritz Origin and Meaning

Variation of Frederick

Fritz Rank in US Top 1000

# 999 in the US

Fritz Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 723 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Fritz

• 723 Nameberry 2025
• 66 Germany 2024

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Famous People Named Fritz

• "Old Fritz " the affectionate nickname of Frederick (Friedrich) the Great of Prussia
• Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang German film director
• Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard American NFL football player
• Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale 42nd Vice President of the U.S.
• Fritz Feld German,American character actor
• Fritz Haber German chemist and Nobel Prize winner
• Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. American fantasy novelist
• Friedrich "Fritz' Salomon Perls German psychiatrist, father of Gestalt Therapy
• Friedrich "Fritz" Thyssen German businessman
• Fritz Pregl Slovenian,Austrian chemist and Nobel Prize winner
• Fritz Albert Lipmann German,American biochemist and Nobel Prize winner
• Frank Fritz star of History Channel's "American Pickers"

The name Fritz in Pop Culture

• Fritz Robinson character in Disney's "Swiss Family Robinson"
• Fritz Howard character on TV's "The Closer"
• Fritz Stahlbaum character in "The Nutcracker" by E.T.A. Hoffman
• Fritz Katzenjammer character in comic strip "The Katzenjammer Kids" by Rudolph Dirks
• "Fritz the Cat " comic strip by Robert Crumb
• Fritz nickname for German soldiers
• Fritz Smith a character in the horror game "Five Nights at Freddy's"
• Fritz a character and bachelor in the game "Story Of Seasons"