Fredrik
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Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of Germanic origin, cognate with the English Frederick. First recorded as a given name in Norway ca. 1060.
Proper noun
[edit]Fredrik
- a male given name
Related terms
[edit]- (male given names) Fred, Freddy
- (surnames) Fredriksen
References
[edit]- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 369 males with the given name Fredrik living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish Fredherik, of Germanic origin, cognate with English Frederick. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1311.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Fredrik c (genitive Fredriks)
- a male given name
Related terms
[edit]- (pet forms) Fredde
- (male given names) Fred, Freddy
- (female names) Fredrika
- (surnames) Fredriksson
References
[edit]- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 95 047 males with the given name Fredrik living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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- Swedish lemmas
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