Freddie-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FRED-ee-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
Freddie-James is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “peaceful ruler + supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies).
What does Freddie-James mean?
Modern: combination of Freddie and James
“peaceful ruler + supplanter”
Joins Freddie, usually a pet form of Frederick, with James, the English form of Jacob.
Is Freddie-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Freddie-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Freddie-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Freddie-James, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Freddie-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Freddie-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
Nicknames for Freddie-James
- Freddie 2,797 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Freddie-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobias, Elias, Theodore, Elijah, Frederick, Myles, Freddie, Frankie, Otis, Felix, Arthur, Jax
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Freddie-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/freddie-james, updated 20 October 2026.