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Boy · Germanic, through Norman French
Humphrey
Say it: HUM-free
Meaning
From Germanic Hunfrid, with frid 'peace'; the first element is uncertain.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular among the Plantagenet aristocracy.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,065 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1882, about 1 in 14,200 boys
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Humfrey, Humfrid
| French | Onfroi |
|---|---|
| Latin | Hunfridus |
| German | Humfried |
Famous bearers
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
- Humphrey Bogart, actor
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Where this comes from
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Medieval European charters and records
- 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.