# Friederike (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/friederike/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |

## People named Friederike

- Friederike Mayröcker, Austrian poet (1924–2021)
- Archduchess Sophie Friederike of Austria, Austrian Imperial and Royal (1855–1857)
- Margravine Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, German noble
- Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, duchess consort of Anhalt-Bernburg (1811-1902)
- Friederike E.L. Otto, German climatologist
- Friederike Caroline Neuber, German actor, theatre manager, and co-founder of regular German drama (1697–1760)
- Friederike Kempter, German actress
- Countess Friederike of Schlieben, German countess
- Friederike Brun, Danish writer (1765–1835)
- Friederike Becht, German actress
- Friederike Sophie Seyler, German actress
- Christine Friederike of Württemberg-Winnental, (1644-1674)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.