Federico

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Boy · Germanic

Federico

Say it: feh-deh-REE-koh

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Meaning

From Germanic Frederick, from frid 'peace' and ric 'ruler, power'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1970s

In the United States

8,597 babies given this name since 1889
At its height in 1976, about 1 in 10,600 boys
65 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Italian Spanish

The family of the name

English	Frederick
German	Friedrich
French	Frédéric

Famous bearers

Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino
Federico Fellini, film director

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.