Frederic (given name)

Frederic
Pronunciation	French: [fʁe.de.ʁik]
Gender	Male
Name day	July 18
Origin
Word/name	Germanic
Meaning	"peaceful ruler"
Region of origin	France
Other names
Related names	Frederick, Frédéric, Fritz, Rick, Ricky, Fred, Freddie, Alfred, Red, Friedrich, Federico,

Last updated September 22, 2025

Frederic is a given name. For its origin, see Frederick. Notable persons with that name include:

Arts

Frederic William Burton (1816–1900), Irish painter and curator
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Polish composer and virtuoso pianist
Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), American landscape painter
Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870), French Impressionist painter
Frédéric Fromet (born 1971), French chansonnier
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896), English painter and sculptor
Frederic Remington (1861–1909), American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer
Frederic Storck (1872–1942), Romanian sculptor
Frederic Matys Thursz (1930–1992), Moroccan painter, teacher
Frederic Tuten (born 1936), American novelist, short story writer and essayist

Frederic Bennett (1918–2002), British politician
Frederic René Coudert, Jr. (1898–1972), American politician from New York
Frederic William Maitland (1850–1906), English jurist and historian
Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham (1866–1958), British lawyer and judge
Frederic M. Sackett (1868–1941), American politician and diplomat from Kentucky
Frederic C. Walcott (1869–1949), American politician from Connecticut
Fredric Wise (1871–1928), British Conservative Party politician

Frederic Charles Bartlett (1886–1969), British psychologist
Frederic C. Billingsley (1921–2002), American engineer
Frédéric Bourdillon (born 1991), French-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Frederic Lister Burk (1862–1924), Canadian-born American educator, university president, and educational theorist
Frederic Charles Dreyer (1878–1956), officer of the Royal Navy
Frederic Friedel (born 1945), German German chess player, publisher and businessman
Frederic Gehring, American Catholic priest
Frederic Hsieh (1945–1999), Chinese-American realtor and investor
Frederic B. Ingram, American businessman whose jail sentence for bribery was commuted by President Jimmy Carter and who renounced his US citizenship
Frederic North (1866–1921), Australian civil servant and sportsman
Frédéric Saldmann (born 1953), French cardiologist and author of books on preventive medicine
Frederic Walker (cricketer) (1829–1889), English cricketer

In fictional characters:

Frederic, the pirate apprentice of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Pirates of Penzance
Frédéric François Chopin, protagonist in Eternal Sonata , based on the composer of the same name
Frederic Henry, the protagonist of the novel A Farewell to Arms .
King Frederic, a recurring character from Tangled: The Series who is ruler of the island kingdom of Corona and overprotective father of Rapunzel, its long-lost princess