Wilfred

Gender：
Pronounced： [ WIL-frəd ]
Popularity：
Usage：English

Meaning & History：

Means "desiring peace" from Old English wil "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.

Names related to Wilfred：

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Willifrid

ANGLO-SAXON: Wilfrith, Wilfrið

CATALAN: Guifré

DANISH: Vilfred

ENGLISH: Wilfrid

GERMAN: Wilfried

ITALIAN: Vilfredo

SPANISH: Wilfredo

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ENGLISH: Wil, Wilf

FEMININE FORMS

ENGLISH: Wilfreda