Manfred

German

"man of peace"

The name Manfred peaked for boys at #1157 in 1936.

Famous People Named Manfred

• Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen aka The Red Baron German WWI flying ace
• Manfred Clynes Austrian musician and inventor
• Manfred Rommel German politician
• Manfred von Ardenne German physicist
• Manfred Honeck Austrian conductor
• Manfred Kelkel French composer
• Manfred Freiherr von Killinger German naval officer
• Manfred Eigen German biochemist; winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The name Manfred in Pop Culture

• Manfred usurping Prince of Otranto in first of true Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto (1765) by Horace Walpole
• Manfred von Karma character in the Ace Attorney series
• Mighty Manfred Tom Terrific's Wonder Dog
• Manfred mammoth character from the Ice Age movie series
• Manfred Bloor character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• It was a Norman name but 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 Mann British rock band

International Variations of the name Manfred

• Manfredo Italian
• Manfried German
• Manfrid German