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| name = Wilfred, Wifred |
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| gender = [[Male]] |
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| meaning = "Who he wants peace?" |
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| origin = (germanic) ''wil'' (will) and ''frið'' (peace) in [[Old English]] |
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| related names = [[Wilfried|Wilfried, Wilfrid]] |
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'''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) |
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'''Wilfred''' or '''Wilfrid''' may refer to: |
'''Wilfred''' or '''Wilfrid''' may refer to: |
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* [[Wilfred (given name)]] |
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* [[Wilfrid]], (c. 634 – 709), Anglo-Saxon saint and Bishop of York |
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* [[Wilfrid (8th century bishop)]] or Saint Wilfrid the Younger (d. either 745 or 746), also an Anglo-Saxon saint and Bishop of York |
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* [[Thomas Wilfred]] (1889-1968), musician and inventor |
* [[Thomas Wilfred]] (1889-1968), musician and inventor |
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* [[Operation Wilfred]], a British Second World War naval operation |
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* [[Wilfred (TV series)|''Wilfred'' (TV series)]], an Australian comedy series |
* [[Wilfred (TV series)|''Wilfred'' (TV series)]], an Australian comedy series |
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* [[Wilfred of Ivanhoe]], the hero of Sir Walter Scott's novel ''Ivanhoe'' |
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* Wilfrid, one of [[The Bash Street Kids]] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Wilfried]], also spelled Wilfrid |
* [[Wilfried]], also spelled Wilfrid |
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* [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier]], the seventh Prime Minister of Canada |
* [[Sir Wilfrid Laurier]], the seventh Prime Minister of Canada |
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* [[Wilfred Owen]], a war poet |
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Revision as of 03:56, 19 April 2011
Wilfred or Wilfrid may refer to:
- Wilfred (given name)
- Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), musician and inventor
- Operation Wilfred, a British Second World War naval operation
- Wilfred (TV series), an Australian comedy series
See also
- Wilfried, also spelled Wilfrid
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada
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