Comments for FREDERICK:

I can't believe no one has commented on this name. I really love it, although I despise the nicknames Fred, Freddy and Freddie. Can't say why, I just do. Such a strong and handsome name, though. Love it!

-- Anonymous User  7/30/2006

This is the name of a main character in Jane Austen's "Persuasion."

-- Anonymous User  8/6/2006

I hate this name. It reminds me of a lumberjack or a hillbilly. Anyone who would use this name has some serious issues.

-- skatergirl2  8/7/2006

This website is to be used for mature discussion of names, not wantonly abusing classic, historical names and saying you prefer Ryleigh or some such abominable trash.

-- Anonymous User  10/14/2006

It's one thing to have a personal distaste for a name. It's another to say someone who would use it has "serious issues."

-- Anonymous User  4/8/2007

Frederick Trottveille or whatever is in Enid Blyton's mystery collection which I have read quite a lot. He's nicknamed Fatty.

-- Luangi  8/11/2006

This is one of my dad's middle names and he hates it. It's hard to imagine a baby being called Frederick. Freddie for me, is an ok name.

-- Anonymous User  9/4/2006

In As You Like It by William Shakespeare, the father of the main character is usurped by his brother, Duke Frederick.

-- Aqua  12/11/2006

I actually rather like the name Frederick. Very classic. I don't much like the nickname Fred for it, perhaps due to negative associations, but Freddy is sort of cute.

-- Anonymous User  3/30/2007

I love the name Frederick and think that Fritz is a cute nickname instead of Freddie or Fred.

-- issybeth  7/18/2007

The first person to comment took the words right out of my mouth! This name has really been growing on me lately.

-- lcgirl20  12/8/2007

I love the meaning of this name, but I just don't think that it sounds very good. It's just not very melodious.

-- Luanna  1/13/2008

I completely agree with the first comment on this name. I also agree that Fritz is a cute alternative.

-- Anonymous User  2/10/2008

(Probably) the full name of Fred Weasley, one of the twins in the Harry Potter series.

-- BoiCrazii  4/22/2008

I can't stand the name for the simple reason that it's the name of insufferable jerks and despicable men that I have heard of over the course of my life. The worst of the all is Fred Phelps. I'm not exactly a fan of Fred Thompson either, and the dimwit Fred Durst has surely ruined the name for those who care little for politics but have a good taste in music. Thus, I associate the name with insufferable idiots, sorry. This is also the name a Finnish singer has gone by for a long time, and he just so happens to be a misogynist, racist jerk.

-- slight night shiver  5/25/2008

I love the name Frederick! It's such a strong, solid name, and it has a nice meaning too. Don't mind the nickname Freddy or Freddy, but Frederick is best as it is.

-- Anonymous User  7/1/2008

Fred Astaire and Phyllis Livingston Potter have a son Frederick Austerlitz, born 1936.

-- Emilie007  10/26/2008

I don't mind the name as it is- a good, strong name- not great but still good. I have to say though, I adore the nicknames for it, especially "Freddy."

-- TheCheshireKat  12/3/2008

Captain Frederick Wentworth is the romantic hero in Jane Austen's novel Persuasion. He only makes me like the name more.

I like Fred and Freddie for nicknames. Fred makes me think of a 1920s guy in a nifty hat at a jazz club, for some reason.

-- aquamarina  1/31/2009

The American chess champion Frederick "Freddie" Trumper is one of the three leads in Benny Anderson, Tim Rice, and Bjrn Uvaelus's musical Chess.

-- TwilighterRenthead  7/25/2009

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