Wilfrid
Boy · WIL-frid · Old English
Wilfrid is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “will + peace”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies).
What does Wilfrid mean?
Old English: Old English Wilfrith
“will + peace”
Saint Wilfrid was a 7th-century Northumbrian bishop who championed Roman church customs at the Synod of Whitby in 664.
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- WIL-frid
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Is Wilfrid a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilfrid 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 Wilfrid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Wilfrid, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wilfrid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 491 boys in the UK were given Wilfrid or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #129, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
- Wilfred 479
- Wilfrid 12
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Wilfrid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Nicknames for Wilfrid
Names like Wilfrid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alfred Edward Arthur Archie Ollie Otis Rupert Chester Albert Louie Frederick Otto
Other spellings of Wilfrid
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