Wilfrido
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- wil-FREE-doh
- Origin
- Old English
Wilfrido is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “desire for peace”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Wilfrido mean?
Old English: Spanish form of Wilfrid, from Old English willa and frith
“desire for peace”
Spanish form of Wilfrid, from Old English elements meaning will and peace; Saint Wilfrid was a seventh-century Northumbrian bishop.
Is Wilfrido a girl's or a boy's name?
Wilfrido is a boys' name.
How popular is Wilfrido in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1939.
Half of all the boys named Wilfrido in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wilfrido in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
Names like Wilfrido
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eduardo Osvaldo Diego Santino Hugo Dangelo Joshua Rodrigo Alonzo Samuel Dakota Jericho
Names related to Wilfrido
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wilfrido: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wilfrido, updated 20 October 2026.