Frederik
Just 133 people in Poland carry it, all of them men, so most people here have never met one. Germanic at root, Frederik means "peaceful ruler".
Frederik Pronunciation
Frederik is pronounced fre-DE-reek (/frɛˈdɛrik/).
What Frederik means
Where Frederik comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Frederik joins two old Germanic words. One is *frithu, meaning peace. The other is rīk, ruler or power. Put together they read as "peaceful ruler", and the Danish spelling with a k keeps the name close to its Scandinavian home.
Denmark has crowned king after king by this name. Frederik X took the throne in January 2024, the latest in a line that runs back through Frederik IX and far beyond. The form travels well across the Nordic countries, and in Polish usage the name points north for its origin.
The meaning of peace sits oddly next to the crowns. A ruler holds power. Peace asks that the power stay calm. The old Germanic tribes who first joined these words heard both at once. On a Polish imieniny card the name still reads as władca pokoju: peaceful ruler.
How many people are named Frederik
1 in 160498 men in Poland is named Frederik. 133 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2878 among male names.
Frederik's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1571 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Frederik as a middle name
Frederik is a first name for 133 men in Poland and a middle name for another 84, a 61/39 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 783rd, between Czeslaw (84) and Hussein (84).
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#781 Arie84
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#782 Czeslaw84
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#783 Frederik84
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#784 Hussein84
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#785 Radek84