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* [[Wilfred of Ivanhoe]], a knight, the hero of Ivanhoe |
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* Wilfrid, one of [[The Bash Street Kids|The Bash St. Kids]] |
* Wilfrid, one of [[The Bash Street Kids|The Bash St. Kids]] |
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* Wilfred, the illusive 13th member of Cambridge's premier a cappella group, Cadenza. |
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Revision as of 19:38, 6 March 2011
Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | (germanic) wil (will) and frið (peace) in Old English |
Meaning | "Who he wants peace?" |
Other names | |
Related names | Wilfried, Wilfrid |
Wilfred and Wifred are masculine given names derived from 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 or Wilfrid may refer to:
- Wilfrid, (c. 634 – 709), Anglo-Saxon saint and Bishop of York
- Wilfrid (8th century bishop) or Saint Wilfrid the Younger (d. either 745 or 746), also an Anglo-Saxon saint and Bishop of York
- Wilfred (TV series), an Australian comedy series
- Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a knight, the hero of Ivanhoe
- Wilfrid, one of The Bash St. Kids
- Wilfred, the illusive 13th member of Cambridge's premier a cappella group, Cadenza.
See also
- Wilfried, also spelled Wilfrid
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada
- Wilfred Owen, a war poet