Wilfred

English

"desires peace"

Wilfred Origin and Meaning

The name Wilfred is a boy's name of English origin meaning "desires peace".

Wilfred is one of those Old Man Names that still sounds fusty in the US but is fashionable in the UK. It comes with readymade short forms Will or Fred and might make an adventurous alternative to the ubiquitous William. The central character of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe is the knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe. Wilfred Owens was a well-known British poet.

Wilfred Rank in US Top 1000

# 903 in the US

Wilfred Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 488 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Wilfred

• 488 Nameberry 2025
• 117 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Wilfred

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• Ernest
• Barnaby
• Clarence
• Oswald
• Humphrey
• Archibald
• Gilbert
• Clement
• Rufus
• Wallace
• Claude
• Rupert
• Wilbur
• Bernard
• Angus
• Ralph
• Fergus
• Bertie
• Seymour
• Leopold

Famous People Named Wilfred

• Wilfred Edward Salter Owen English poet
• Wilfred Van Norman Lucas Canadian,American actor
• Wilfred Rhodes English cricketer
• Wilfred the Hairy Count of Barcelona
• Wilfred Patrick Thesiger British Arabian explorer
• Wilfred Emmons Jackson American Disney animator
• Wilfred Benítez Puerto Rican boxer
• Wilfred Tennant (b. 2013) son of actors David Tennant and Georgia Moffett
• Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson (b. 2020) son of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds

The name Wilfred in Pop Culture

• Wilfred dog on TV's "Wilfred"
• Wilfred Knight of Ivanhoe, character in Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe"
• Wilfred Toadflax mouse in the Brambly Hedge Mice books
• Wilfred Morgenhall seedy old lawyer in John Mortimer's play The Dock Brief (1958)
• The Hon. Wilfred Desert character in the Forsyte series by John Galsworthy
• Wilfred Devizes mental specialist in "Christina Alberta's Father" (1925) by H. G. Wells
• Wilfred Mott character from TV series "Doctor Who"

International Variations of the name Wilfred

• Willi German
• Wilfrido Spanish
• Wilferdo Spanish
• Wilfrid German
• Vilfredo Spanish
• Vilfrido Spanish
• Willifred German
• Walfrido Spanish
• Wilfredo Spanish