Name: Wilfrid
Gender: Male
Usage: Wilfrid is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Wilfrid are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Wilfrid is: Will, Resolute or peaceful.
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Numerology of the first name Wilfrid: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Wilfrid is ranked on the 22,329th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 9300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Wilfrid has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Wilfrid for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Wilfrid is 12 October.
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History and Origin
English: from an Old English personal name composed of the Germanic elements wil will, desire + frid, fred peace. This name was borne by two saints. There is some doubt about the exact form of the name of the more famous, who played a leading role at the Council of Whitby (664); it may have been Walfrid ‘stranger peace’ or ‘peace to the Welsh’, from Old English walh stranger, Welshman. Wilfrid the Younger was an 8th-century bishop of York. The name was not used in the Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century, and enjoyed great popularity then and in the first part of the 20th century.
Variant: Wilfred.
Cognates: German: Wilfried. Scandinavian: Vilfred.
Short form: English: Wilf.
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