girl's name
Frédérique
fray-day-REEK
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 10
- Births on record 55,027
Frédérique means peaceful ruler, and the pairing is not the contradiction it looks — a medieval ruler's job was to impose the peace, so power and quiet were the same undertaking. Every recorded birth is French.
- Frédérique is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 1969, when 2,625 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
Frédérique over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 385 |
| 1910s | 270 |
| 1920s | 255 |
| 1930s | 185 |
| 1940s | 605 |
| 1950s | 5,730 |
| 1960s | 19,730 |
| 1970s | 16,955 |
| 1980s | 4,650 |
| 1990s | 1,165 |
| 2000s | 350 |
| 2010s | 55 |
| 2020s (to 2022) | 10 |
What Frédérique means
Frédérique means peaceful ruler. The Germanic joins a word for peace to one for rule, and the two are complementary rather than opposed in their original setting.
Where Frédérique comes from
Frédérique is the French feminine of Frédéric, from the Germanic Fridurik — frid, peace, joined to ric, rule or power. The same frid gives Godfrey and Wilfred, and the ric is the element in Roderick, Eric and Henry. The peace in question is the king's peace, the state a ruler was expected to enforce rather than merely enjoy. Fredrick, elsewhere on this site, is the English form of the same compound.
Frédérique in use
Frédérique peaked in France in 1969, when 2,625 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It charts in none of the six markets we track in the most recent year, despite 50,362 lifetime births. Our records hold no births for it in any market other than France in any year, which makes it one of the most narrowly distributed names in this sweep.
How popular is Frédérique?
In 2022, Frédérique was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.
Where Frédérique is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Frédérique is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Frederique | Frederique is a spelling of Frédérique, used in Canada, where it ranks #1,001. | 4,692 |
Names that peaked alongside Frédérique
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Frédérique also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Frédérique over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Frédérique in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- French
- Frédéric
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Fredrick Friederike
Sibling names for Frédérique
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Frédérique — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Frédérique
What does the name Frédérique mean?
Peaceful ruler — the Germanic frid, peace, joined to ric, rule.
Is peaceful ruler a contradiction?
Not in context. The peace is the king's peace, which a ruler enforced.
Is Fredrick the same name?
Yes — the English form of the same Germanic compound.
Where is Frédérique used?
France only. We hold no births for it in any other market.
Is Frédérique a girl's or a boy's name?
Frédérique is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Frédérique most popular?
Frédérique peaked in 1969, when 2,625 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Frédérique a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Frédérique currently ranks #1,001 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.