78%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. WIL-frəd [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "desiring peace" from Old English willa "will, desire" and friþ "peace". Saint Wilfrid was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop. The name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest, but it was revived in the 19th century. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantWilfridDiminutivesWil, WilfFeminine FormWilfredaOther Languages & CulturesWilfrith, Wilfrið(Anglo-Saxon) Guifré(Catalan) Vilfred(Danish) Wilfried(German) Willifrid(Germanic) Vilfredo(Italian) Wiljafriþuz(Old Germanic) Wilfredo(Spanish) PopularityDetails Last ranked #97 in 1945 Canada Last ranked #147 in 2021 England and Wales Last ranked #98 in 1929 New Zealand Last ranked #892 in 1984 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange serious Categories currently out of the US top 1000, desire, directors, Doctor Who companions, isograms, peace, rugby union Springboks, saints, Stephen King characters, The Golden Girls characters, TV show titles, Virginia Woolf characters, virtues