Manfred
German
"man of peace"Share
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Updated Wed Apr 17 2024
Manfred Origin and Meaning
The name Manfred is a boy's name of German origin meaning "man of peace".
Hipsters might consider reviving this old German name, though we're not so sure their sons wouldn't have preferred the classic Fred name Frederick. Manfred B. Lee (born Manford) was half of the team of detective story writers who used the pseudonym Ellery Queen; Manfred Mann was a British pop group of the 1960's, with Manfred Mann (born Michael Liebowitz) at the keyboard. There's also a wooly mammoth named Manfred, and nicknamed Manny, in the film Ice Age.
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Famous People Named Manfred
- Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen aka The Red BaronGerman WWI flying ace
- Manfred ClynesAustrian musician and inventor
- Manfred RommelGerman politician
- Manfred von ArdenneGerman physicist
- Manfred HoneckAustrian conductor
- Manfred KelkelFrench composer
- Manfred Freiherr von KillingerGerman naval officer
- Manfred EigenGerman biochemist; winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Manfred in Pop Culture
- Manfredusurping Prince of Otranto in first of true Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto (1765) by Horace Walpole
- Manfred von Karmacharacter in the Ace Attorney series
- Mighty ManfredTom Terrific's Wonder Dog
- Manfredmammoth character from the Ice Age movie series
- Manfred Bloorcharacter in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- It was a Norman namebut never popular in England; had a slight revival in the 19th century as a Romantic name, e.g. in the poem by Byron (1817)
- Manfred MannBritish rock band