Fre

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Fré in NL Netherlands, BE Belgium, DE Germany.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Fre is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name3.2K records spelled Fre9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Dominican Republic, Italy

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Fré, Frë, Frè, Frê

• French given name1.1K records spelled Fre5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, Netherlands

  Also written Fré, Frè, Frê

• a separate name742 records spelled Fre4 spellings in the group

  Also written Fré, Frè, Frē

• Hindi name395 records spelled Fre4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written Frè, Fré

• Italian surname106 records spelled Fre4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy

  Also written Frè, Fre', Fré

• a separate name61 records spelled Fre8 spellings in the group

  Also written Fré, Frë

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Fre is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Akan, t;. [f^re, red. frefre] to call; to cite, summon: fre no bera, call him in or hither; mede nedin mefree no, I called him by his name; pr. 022, cf. hyia. — 2. to call, name, give a name to: wofre cyi don? what is this called? wofre no den? = nedih de den? cf. to dMi'^ pr. 122.570. 1623.1872. 2S31.3460.3o03. — 3. fre dwom, losing ■= to dwom ; to lead the choir

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In cdo, brigade, (géu-hud) to allay fever. to quench or allay thirst. amusement, diversion, (kah-diéw)

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In frp, alternative form of fromâjo (“cheese”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, abbreviation of fredag (“Friday”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• ISO 639-2/B language code for French.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In enm, free, independent, unrestricted:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 16 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Fre?

We estimate roughly 52 people bear Fre (counting its spellings and scripts) across 1 country in our records.

In which country does Fre have the most bearers?

Fre is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled fre.