Frick

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

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◐

Frick is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Swedish surname1.1K records spelled Frick7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Denmark, Norway

  Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Frîck

45 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●

Frick is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Euphemistic form of fuck.

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

• In German, r-Schwund-Varianten zu Frick; Belege aus Ostfalen bis Tirol, teils mit r-Verlust vor Konsonanten. Bearer counts not given.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

• In German, Kurzformname; vgl. Fricko/Fricke und Formen mit r-Ausfall Ficke/Fick(e)

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

• In English, from Middle English frik, frike ‘brisk, vigorous’; first attested Osbert Frike 1226 Cur (Sr)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

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.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Henry Clay Frickb. 1849USAmerican industrialist (1849-1919)
• Wilhelm Frickb. 1877DEGerman Nazi Party politician (1877–1946)
• Ford Frickb. 1894USAmerican baseball administrator (1894-1978)
• Grace Frickb. 1903USAmerican English professor, translator, and researcher
• Stephen Frickb. 1964USAmerican astronaut
• Mario Frickb. 1965LIPrime Minister of Liechtenstein
• Mario Frickb. 1974LILiechtensteiner association football player
• Aurelia Frickb. 1975CHLiechtensteiner politician
• Sarah Viktoria Frickb. 1982LILiechtensteiner actor, stage actor and film actor
• Yanik Frickb. 1998LILiechtensteiner association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 46 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Frick?

We estimate roughly 15 thousand people bear Frick (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Frick have the most bearers?

Frick is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled frick.

How common is Frick compared with other names?

In Germany, Frick is the 843rd most common surname of 734,811 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Frick mean?

Recorded meaning: Low German shortened form of Friedrich, equivalent to Frederick.