Wilfried

given name · German · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Wilfried is a given name, most frequently recorded in Germany. In Benin it is the 33rd most common given name. It appears chiefly in German and French, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: ) Willfried: alter deutscher männl.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany1 in 782◐
  • CMCameroon1 in 1.7K
  • CICôte d’Ivoire1 in 3.2K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈15K ●

across 8 countries

Sources
298 ●

214K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 5.3K ◐

France

Spellings & scripts●

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Wilfrid in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 5 more.

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●

recorded in German

) Willfried: alter deutscher männl. Vom. (ahd. wiUio »Wille« + ahd.ßidu »Schutz vor Waffengewalt, Friede»), dessen

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Wilfried is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#169155,127143K rec.—1Wilfried191
FR France#67912,83042K rec.1 in 5.3K13KWilfried298
AT Austria#5613,1031.2K rec.—169Wilfried88
BE Belgium#7132,6782K rec.——Wilfried64
CI Côte d’Ivoire#3621,7831.9K rec.——Wilfried30
GB United Kingdom—1,6561.3K rec.—listedWilfrid68
NL Netherlands—1,2701.1K rec.1 in 14K1.3KWilfried54
CM Cameroon#811,1141.1K rec.—listedWilfried29
US United States—91615K rec.1 in 363K916Wilfrid160
CA Canada—713812 rec.——Wilfrid51
AU Australia—659625 rec.—1Wilfrid40
CH Switzerland—411201 rec.——Wilfried38

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Languages●

  • German163K58%
  • French94K33%
  • French (Côte d’Ivoire)6.4K2%
  • English5.3K2%
  • Dutch2.8K1%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
German163,40058%
French93,65533%
French (Côte d’Ivoire)6,4252%
English5,2932%
Dutch2,8001%

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◐

Wilfried is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish given name889 records spelled Wilfried4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Belgium

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Wīlfřięd

  • Indonesian given name321 records spelled Wilfried3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Cameroon, Belgium, Netherlands

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Wilfrîed

53 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.

Over time●

05101519801990200015 · 1992

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Wilfried in INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion), Réunion, 1972–2007
Yearrecords
19725
19785
19795
19805
19815
198210
198310
198410
19855
19865
19875
198810
19895
19905
199110
199215
19935
19945
19955
19965
19975
19985
19995
20005
20075

RE INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) — 25 years between 1972–2007. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

180018501900195020002050Vilfredo Pareto, b. 1848Wilfried Martens, b. 1936Wilfried Klaus, b. 1941Wilfried Van Moer, b. 1945Wilfried Peeters, b. 1964Wilfried Sanou, b. 1984Wilfried Bony, b. 1988Wilfried Zaha, b. 1992Wilfried Singo, b. 2000Wilfried Gnonto, b. 2003

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●

Attested in 48 sources across 29 countries.

Official registers attesting Wilfried
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)202413K#3,103
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—1.3K#909
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—779#2,435
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020514#20,104
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)2024169#1,820
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—123#4,644
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—109#8,054
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—85#8,378
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—82#21,306
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—78#19,213
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—76#2,338
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202675#2,530

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 199 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Wilfried?
We estimate roughly 15 thousand people bear Wilfried (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
In which country does Wilfried have the most bearers?
Wilfried is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled wilfried.
How common is Wilfried compared with other names?
In Germany, Wilfried is the 169th most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.
Is Wilfried a male or female name?
Wilfried is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Wilfried mean?
Recorded meaning: ) Willfried: alter deutscher männl.
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wilfried” — the 169th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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