Wilfred
m.
Old English willa, Old High German willo 'will' + Old English friþ, Old High German fridu, Old Saxon frithu 'peace'.
The name of a 7th-8th C Anglo-Saxon saint and an 8th C Anglo-Saxon saint.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1546 Wilfryde RegIng p. 3;
1555 Wilfryde ibid. p. 4;
1557 Wilfrede PRThirsk p. 3;
1592 Wilfride RegPat p. 111
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1095 Wilfrido (abl) ESC XV
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Wilfred". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Wilfred.