Manfred
A Germanic name meaning "man of peace". Only about 2,100 men in Poland carry it, and almost none are given it now, so most Poles have never met one.
Manfred Pronunciation
Manfred is pronounced MAHNF-ret (/ˈmanfrɛt/).
What Manfred means
Where Manfred comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Manfred comes from Germanic roots, joining man (man) with frid (peace). The short meaning stays close to that source: man of peace. German lands carried it longest, where the name kept a firm, upright sound while pointing, by its own parts, toward calm.
History handed it to men far from calm. Manfred, King of Sicily, fell in battle at Benevento in 1266, and Dante placed him in the Purgatorio, fair-haired with a scar across one brow. Some six centuries later, Lord Byron wrote a whole dramatic poem titled Manfred. And Manfred von Richthofen took to the air as the Red Baron. A name meaning peace has often gone to fighters.
In a Polish class register it stands a little apart, one or two Manfreds to a generation at most. The strength people hear in it is mostly sound. The sense underneath is older and quieter, built from man and frid: a man of peace.
When Manfred celebrates name day
Manfred appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 27 October.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Manfred
1 in 10022 men in Poland is named Manfred. 2,130 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #685 among male names.
Manfred's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Manfred as a middle name
Manfred is a first name for 2,130 men in Poland and a middle name for another 652, a 77/23 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 282nd, between Mohamed (654) and Aron (645).
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#280 Roger665
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#281 Mohamed654
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#282 Manfred652
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#283 Aron645
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