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View Name: Frederik


FREDERIK
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Danish, Dutch
PRONOUNCED: FRAY-dÉ™-rik (Dutch)   [key]
Meaning & History
Danish and Dutch form of FREDERICK. This was the name of nine kings of Denmark over the past 500 years, alternating each generation with the name Christian.
Related Names
DIMINUTIVES: Fred, Freek, Frits, Rik (Dutch)
FEMININE FORM: Frederikke (Danish)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Friduric (Ancient Germanic), Bedřich (Czech), Frederick, Fred, Freddie, Freddy, Fredric, Fredrick (English), Fredrik (Finnish), Frédéric, Fred (French), Friedrich, Fiete, Fred, Fritz (German), Frigyes (Hungarian), Friðrik (Icelandic), Federico, Federigo, Fredo (Italian), Fricis, Frīdrihs (Latvian), Fredrik (Norwegian), Fryderyk (Polish), Frederico, Fred (Portuguese), Friderik (Slovene), Federico (Spanish), Fredrik (Swedish)
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Denmark  ranked #7 
Netherlands  ranked #388 



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