Wilfrid

  • [ WIL-frəd ]
  • English
Variant of WILFRED.

WILFRED   male   English
Means "desiring peace" from Old English wil "will, desire" and friþ "peace". Saint Wilfrid was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop. The name was rarely used after the Norman conquest, but it was revived in the 19th century.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Willifrid
ANGLO-SAXON: Wilfrith, Wilfrið
CATALAN: Guifré
DANISH: Vilfred
ENGLISH: Wilfred
GERMAN: Wilfried
ITALIAN: Vilfredo
SPANISH: Wilfredo
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Wil, Wilf
FEMININE FORMS
ENGLISH: Wilfreda