Federico
Latin at root, meaning "peaceful ruler", and worn in Poland in its Italian and Spanish form. Barely 600 men carry it here, most Poles have never met one, though it lands on birth certificates a little more often than it used to.
Federico Pronunciation
Federico is pronounced fe-de-REE-tso (/fɛdɛˈrit͡sɔ/).
What Federico means
Where Federico comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Federico reached Italian and Spanish through the Latin form Fridericus, put together from two older elements meaning peace and ruler. That pairing gives us the short meaning still printed on name cards: peaceful ruler, or pokojowy władca.
Spain keeps Federico García Lorca, the poet from Granada shot in 1936, near the top of its literary memory. Italy answers with Federico Fellini, whose films sent the name out of Rimini and into cinemas worldwide. Centuries earlier, Federico II ruled Sicily and the Holy Roman Empire, a man who spoke several languages and quarreled with popes. The meaning promised peace. The bearers mostly promised argument.
Federico has no common Polish diminutive. It stays whole. On a Warsaw urząd form it sits in full, four syllables of Latin, holding to its sense of peaceful ruler.
How many people are named Federico
1 in 34597 men in Poland is named Federico. 617 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1201 among male names.
Federico's popularity over time
5 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #924 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2021.
Where Federico is most popular
Federico is most popular in Lower Silesian, 244% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+138%) and Silesian (+137%).
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+244%
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Lesser Poland2 boys born+138%
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Silesian2 boys born+137%
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Masovian2 boys born+52%
Federico as a middle name
Federico is a first name for 617 men in Poland and a middle name for another 109, an 85/15 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 675th, between Stanislas (110) and Kaspian (109).
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#673 Neil110
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#674 Stanislas110
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#675 Federico109
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#676 Kaspian109
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#677 Yves109