Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage English (American)
Meaning & History
From Middle English free, fre, freo, from Old English frēo (“free”). May also be transferred use of the surname Free.
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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Dutch
Other Forms FormsFré (variant spelling, though it can also be used as a short form of Frédéric and Frédérique)
Meaning & History
Short form of Fredericus and Frederik for men and of Frederica and Frederika for women. It is possible that there are a few cases where the name (especially as an independent name) is a play on the archaic Dutch word vree meaning "peace".