Freddie

Dininutive of Frederick, German

"peaceful ruler"

Freddie Origin and Meaning

The name Freddie is a boy's name meaning "peaceful ruler".

Just the kind of casual, flippant nickname that upscale Brits are putting on their sons' birth certificates, but few U.S. parents are.

Freddie Rank in US Top 1000

# 977 in the US

Freddie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 691 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Freddie

• 691 Nameberry 2025
• 997 Unique 2023
• 12 England 2023
• 21 Scotland 2023
• 53 Ireland 2024
• 81 New Zealand 2024

20 Names Similar to Freddie

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Freddie.

• Louie
• Winston
• Teddy
• Harvey
• Rudy
• Sidney
• Frankie
• Chester
• Alfie
• Franklin
• Stanley
• Clyde
• Hank
• Gus
• Toby
• Moses
• Guy
• Wilson
• Morris
• Quincy

Famous People Named Freddie

• Freddie James Prinze Jr. American actor
• Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) British lead singer of band Queen
• Alfred Thomas "Freddie" Highmore English actor
• Freddie Dalton "Fred" Thompson actor and U.S. Senator from Tennessee
• Freddie Boath English actor
• Karl Fredrik "Freddie" Ljungberg Swedish footballer
• Frederick David "Freddie" Sears English footballer
• Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard American jazz trumpeter
• Frederick Kenneth "Freddie" Blassie American pro wrestler
• Freddie Mwila Zambian footballer
• Frederick William "Freddie" Francis English film director
• Fred "Freddie" King American blues guitarist and singer
• Freddie Dennis (b. 1997) son of comedian Hugh Dennis
• Freddie Mackenzie (b. 2004) son of actor Alastair Mackenzie
• Freddie Langley (b. 2007) son of actor Bruno Langley
• Freddie Peter Payne (b. 2008) son of singer Dougie Payne and actress Kelly Macdonald
• Freddie Wersching Full (b. 2010) son of actress Annie Wersching and Stephen Full
• Freddie Geere (b. 2012) son of actor Chris Geere
• Freddie George James Shepherd (b. 2012) son of actress Natalie Anderson and James Shepherd
• Freddie Heerdegen (b. 2014) son of actress Christina Ricci and James Heerdegen
• Freddie Douglas Hopper (b. 2015) son of actor Tom Hopper
• Freddie Reign Tomlinson (b.2016) son of One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson

The name Freddie in Pop Culture

• Fredward "Freddie" Benson character on TV's "iCarly"
• Freddie Lyon character on British TV series "The Hour"
• Freddie Moreno character on TV's "Freddie" played by Freddie Prinze
• Freddie Bobbsey one of the Bobbsey Twins; twin of sister Flossie
• Freddie Gallagher fake name of August Flynn in This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab