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Wilfred may refer to:

Wilfred (given name), a given name and list of people (and fictional characters) with the name
Wilfred, Indiana, an unincorporated community in the United States
Wilfred (Australian TV series), a comedy series
Wilfred (American TV series), a remake of the Australian series
Wilfred (Thames barge)
Operation Wilfred, a British Second World War naval operation

People with the surname

Harmon Wilfred, stateless businessman in New Zealand
Thomas Wilfred (1889–1968), Danish musician and inventor

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-{{Infobox given name
-| name = Wilfred, Wifred
-| image=
-| imagesize=
-| caption=
-| pronunciation=
-| gender = [[Male]]
-| meaning = "Who he wants peace?"
-| region =
-| origin = (germanic) ''wil'' (will) and ''frið'' (peace) in [[Old English]]
-| nickname =
-| related names = [[Wilfried|Wilfried, Wilfrid]]
-| footnotes =
-}}
-{{Merge to|
-Wilfried|discuss=Talk:Wilfried#Merging Wilfried and Wilfred?|date=November 2010}}
-'''Wilfred''' and '''Wifred''' are masculine given names derived from [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] roots meaning "will" and "peace" (like [[Old English]] ''wil'' and ''frið'') . '''Wilfred''' was popular in the [[United Kingdom]] in the early twentieth century. '''[[Wilfried]]''' and its English spelling '''Wilfrid''' are closely related to '''Wilfred''' with the same roots (''Will'' and ''Frieden'' in German)
 '''Wilfred''' may refer to:
-* [[Saint Wilfred the Younger]], saint and Bishop of York in England in the 8th century
-* [[Wilfred (TV series)|''Wilfred'' (TV series)]], an Australian comedy series
-* [[Wilfred of Ivanhoe]], a knight, the hero of Ivanhoe
-* [[Wilfred Owen]], a war poet
+* [[Wilfred (given name)]], a given name and list of people (and fictional characters) with the name
-==See also==
+* [[Wilfred, Indiana]], an unincorporated community in the United States
-* [[Wilfried]], also spelled Wilfrid
+* [[Wilfred (Australian TV series)|''Wilfred'' (Australian TV series)]], a comedy series
-* [[Wilfried (given name)]] a masculine given name
+* [[Wilfred (American TV series)|''Wilfred'' (American TV series)]], a remake of the Australian series
-* [[Wilfrid]] (c. 634 – 709), Anglo-Saxon bishop and saint
+* [[Wilfred (Thames barge)|''Wilfred'' (Thames barge)]]
-* [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier]], the seventh Prime Minister of Canada
+* [[Operation Wilfred]], a British Second World War naval operation
-* Wilfrid, one of [[The Bash Street Kids|The Bash St. Kids]]
-* [[Jo-Wilfried]]
+==People with the surname==
-[[Category:Human name disambiguation pages]]
+* [[Harmon Wilfred]], stateless businessman in New Zealand
-[[Category:Given names]]
+* [[Thomas Wilfred]] (1889–1968), Danish musician and inventor
-[[Category:English given names]]
+==See also==
+* [[Wilf]]
+* [[Wilfredo]]
+* [[Wilfrid]] ({{circa|633}} – {{circa|709}}), English bishop and saint
+* [[Wilfried]]
+* [[Wilford (disambiguation)]]
+{{disambiguation|surname}}
-[[fr:Wilfried]]