Freddy (given name)

Freddy or Freddie is a diminutive form of the given names Frederick, Alfred and others for males and Freda, Frederica and others for females. Freddie has increased in popularity in England since 2008 and in 2012 it was 37th most popular boy's name.^[1]

People

In sports

Freddy Adu (born 1989), American soccer player
Freddie Bishop III (born 1990), American football player
Freddie Brown (American football) (born 1986), American wide receiver
Fred Brown (basketball) (born 1948), American former National Basketball Association player known as "Downtown Freddie Brown"
Freddie Brown (cricketer) (1910–1991), former cricketer and cricket commentator
Freddie Brown (footballer) (1878–1939), footballer for Stoke and West Bromwich Albion
Freddie Calthorpe (1892-1935), English cricketer
Freddie Coleman (born 1991), Scottish cricketer
Freddy Fernández (born 1974), Costa Rican retired footballer
Brad Fittler (born 1972), Australian rugby league player nicknamed "Freddy"
Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer nicknamed "Freddie"
Freddie Fox (footballer) (1898–1968), English football goalkeeper
Freddie Fox (jockey) (1888–1945), British horse racing jockey
Freddie Frith (1909-1988), British Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion
Freddy Stephen Fuller, 1960s Canadian amateur boxing champion
Freddy García (born 1976), Venezuelan who pitched for several Major League Baseball teams
Freddie Garcia (born 1952), Mexican-American soccer player
Freddy García (infielder) (born 1972), baseball infielder
Freddy García (football manager) (born 1959), Peruvian football manager
Freddy García (footballer) (born 1977), Guatemalan footballer
Alfredo Razon Gonzalez (born 1978), Filipino football player nicknamed "Freddy"
Freddy González (born 1977), Venezuelan long-distance runner
Fredy González (born 1975), Colombian road racing cyclist
Freddie Kitchens (born 1974), American football coach
Freddy Leach (1897-1981), American Major League Baseball player
Freddie Martino (born 1991), American football player
Freddie Miller (boxer) (1911–1962), American boxer
Freddie Miller (rugby league), British rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s
Freddy Moncada (born 1973), Colombian retired road cyclist
Freddy Montaña (born 1982), Colombian road cyclist
Freddie Joe Nunn (born 1962), American former National Football League player
Freddie Pethard (born 1950), Scottish retired footballer
Freddie Roach (boxing) (born 1960), American boxing trainer and former professional boxer
Freddy Rodríguez (baseball) (1924–2009), former Major League Baseball pitcher
Freddy Rodriguez (cyclist) (born 1973), American professional road racing cyclist
"Freddie" Fred Rodriguez (born 1973), American road racing cyclist
Freddy Sanchez (born 1977), American retired Major League Baseball player
Freddie Solomon (1953-2012), American National Football League player
Freddie Solomon (American football, born 1972), American retired National Football League player
Freddie Spencer (born 1961), American former world champion motorcycle racer
Freddie Steele (1912-1984), American world middleweight boxing champion and actor
Freddie Steele (footballer) (1916-1976), English footballer and manager
Freddie Summers (born 1947), American National Football League player
Freddy Vargas (born 1982), Venezuelan road cyclist
Freddie Williams (speedway rider) (1926–2013), motorcycle speedway world champion
Freddie Williams (athlete) (born 1962), Canadian track and field runner

Artists and entertainers

Freddie Bell (1931-2008), American musician, founder of the vocal group Freddie Bell and the Bellboys
Freddy Beras-Goico (1940-2010), Dominican comedian, TV presenter, writer and media personality
Freddie Brown (musician) (1940-2002), American musician
Freddy Cannon (born 1936), American rock and roll singer
Freddy Cole (born 1931), American jazz singer and pianist, brother of Nat King Cole
Freddie Fisher (musician) (1904–1967), American musician
Freddie Fox (actor) (born 1989), English actor
Freddie Garrity (1936-2006), British singer and actor, frontman of the pop band Freddie and the Dreamers
Freddie Green (1911–1987), American swing jazz guitarist
Freddie Hubbard (1938–2008), American jazz trumpeter
Freddie King (1934-1976), American blues guitarist and singer
Freddy Martin (1906–1983), American bandleader and tenor saxophonist
Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), lead singer in the British rock band Queen
Freddie Miller (broadcaster) (1929–1992), broadcaster and television personality in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Freddie Prinze (1954–1977), American actor and stand-up comedian
Freddie Prinze, Jr., American actor, son of the above
Freddy Quinn or simply "Freddy" (born 1931), Austrian singer and actor
Freddie Roach (organist) (1934-1980), American soul jazz musician
Freddy Rodriguez (actor) (born 1975), American actor
Freddy Rodríguez (artist) (born 1945), Dominican Republic artist in the United States
Freddie Smith (born 1988), American actor
Freddie Starr (born 1943), English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor born Frederick Leslie Fowell
Freddie Stone (born 1947), American co-founder, guitarist, and vocalist of the band Sly and the Family Stone
Freddie Washington (bassist), jazz-influenced bass guitarist
Freddie Washington (pianist), American jazz pianist
Freddy Wexler (born 1986, American producer, songwriter and entrepreneur
Freddie Williams II (born 1977), comics artist
Freddie Young (1902-1998), British cinematographer

Politicians and businesspeople

Freddy de Ruiter (born 1969), Norwegian politician
Freddy Heineken (1923-2002), Dutch businessman, chairman of the board and CEO of the Heineken brewing company
Freddie M. Garcia (born 1944), Filipino business executive
Freddie Rodriguez, American politician who assumed office in 2013

Other

Freddy Deeb (born 1955), Lebanese-born American professional poker player
Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez (1946–1968), United States Marine Corps sergeant awarded the Medal of Honor, nicknamed "Freddy"
Freddy Rouhani (born 1963 or 1964), Iranian-born American professional poker player
Frederic Calland Williams (1911–1977), English engineer sometimes known as Freddie Williams
Freddie Williams (businessman) (1942–2008), Scottish bookmaker

Fictional characters

Freddy Auratus, a golden hamster from The Golden Hamster Saga, written by Dietlof Reiche
Freddie Benson (iCarly), from iCarly
Freddie Falcon, official mascot of the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons
Freddie and Frieda Falcon, mascots of Bowling Green State University
Freddie Fear, in his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano
Freddy Freeman or Captain Marvel Jr., currently a DC Comics hero
Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo), in the Scooby Doo series
Freddy Krueger, a killer in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series and other films
Freddie McClair, from Skins
Freddie Roscoe, in the UK soap opera Hollyoaks
Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington, in the television series Welcome Back, Kotter
Freddy (weather), a cartoon weatherman in Hong Kong
Freddy the Pig, in a series of children's books written by Walter R. Brooks

References

↑ "Freddie". English Boys Names. Retrieved 28 December 2013.