# Frits (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/frits/  
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 | not in the ONS data |

## People named Frits

- Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist (1888–1966)
- Frits Clausen, Danish national socialist politician (1893-1947)
- Frits Philips, Dutch entrepreneur (1905–2005)
- Frits Kuipers, Dutch footballer (1899-1943)
- Frits Goedgedrag, Aruban politician
- Frits Bernard, Dutch psychologist and sex law reformer
- Frits Helmuth, Danish actor (1931-2004)
- Frits Warmolt Went, Dutch botanist (1903-1990)
- Frits Staal, Dutch indologist (1930–2012)
- Frits Schür, Dutch cyclist
- Frits Ruimschotel, Dutch water polo player (1922–1987)
- Frits Soetekouw, Dutch association football player (1938–2019)

## 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.