Wilfred is a masculine given name derived from Germanic roots meaning "will" and "peace" (like

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

''wil'' and ''frið''). The name was popular in the United Kingdom in the early twentieth century.

Wilfried Wilfried is a masculine German given name derived from Germanic roots meaning "will" and "peace" (''Wille'' and ''Frieden'' in German). The English spelling is Wilfrid. Wilfred and Wifred (also Wifredo) are closely related to Wilfried with the sa ...

and its English spelling, Wilfrid, are closely related to Wilfred, with the same roots (''Will'' and ''Frieden'' in German).

People named Wilfred

Wilfred the Hairy {{Infobox noble, type , name = Wilfred , title = Count of Barcelona , image = Wilfredo el Velloso 01.jpg , image_size = 150px , caption = Statue in Madrid, L. S. Carmona, 1750–53 , al ...

(died 897), a count in what is now Spain *

Wilfred Baddeley Wilfred Baddeley (11 January 1872 – 24 January 1929) was a British male tennis player and the elder of the Baddeley twins. Career Wilfred, the better-known competitor, made his debut at Wimbledon in 1889 and he went on to win singles ti ...

(1872–1929), British tennis player *

Wilfred Benítez Wilfred "Wilfredo" Benítez (born September 12, 1958) is an American-born Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport's history. Earning his first of three career world titles in separate weight division ...

(born 1958), Puerto Rican boxer *

Wilfred Gordon Bigelow Wilfred Gordon "Bill" Bigelow (June 18, 1913 – March 27, 2005) was a Canadian heart surgeon known for his role in developing the artificial pacemaker and the use of hypothermia in open heart surgery. Born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Dr ...

(1913–2005), Canadian heart surgeon *

Wilfred Bion Wilfred Ruprecht Bion DSO (; 8 September 1897 – 8 November 1979) was an influential English psychoanalyst, who became president of the British Psychoanalytical Society from 1962 to 1965. Early life and military service Bion was born in M ...

(1897–1979), British psychoanalyst *

Wilfred Bouma Wilfred Bouma (; born 15 June 1978) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played most notably for PSV Eindhoven, Aston Villa and the Netherlands national team. Club career Early career Born in Helmond, North Brabant, Bouma started his ...

(born 1978), Dutch footballer *

Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei (born 24 July 1980) is a Kenyan retired Middle-distance runner, who won the 800 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He also won at the World indoor Championships in Moscow 2006 the 800 metres title, ...

(born 1980), Kenyan middle-distance runner *

Wilfred Burchett Wilfred Graham Burchett (16 September 1911 – 27 September 1983) was an Australian journalist known for being the first western journalist to report from Hiroshima after the dropping of the atomic bomb, and for his reporting from "the other ...

(1911–1983), Australian journalist * Wilfred de Soysa (1884–1968), Sri Lankan entrepreneur, landed proprietor, and philanthropist * Wilfred Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people *

Wilfred Greatorex Wilfred Glyn Greatorex (27 May 1921 – 14 October 2002) was an English television and film writer, script editor and producer. He was creator of such series as ''Secret Army (TV series), Secret Army'', ''1990 (TV series), 1990'', ''Plane Maker ...

(1922–2002), English television and film writer, script editor and producer *

Wilfred Grenfell Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (28 February 1865 – 9 October 1940) was a British medical missionary to Newfoundland, who wrote books on his work and other topics. Early life and education He was born at Parkgate, Cheshire, England, on 28 Febr ...

(1865–1940), British medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador * Wilfred Iván Ojeda (1955–2011), Venezuelan journalist and politician *

Wilfred Johnson Wilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson (September 29, 1935 – August 29, 1988) was an American mobster and a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant from 1966 to 1985. He provided the FBI, who code-named him "Wahoo" because of his Native Americ ...

(1935–1988), FBI informant against the Gambino organized crime family * Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson (born 2020), son of UK prime minister Boris Johnson *

Wilfred Kitching Wilfred Kitching CBE (22 August 1893 – 15 December 1977) was a British Salvation Army officer who was their 7th General between 1954 and 1963. Biography Born in Wood Green, London, to Theodore and Jane Kitching (née Cranshaw); his fat ...

(1893–1977), British, seventh General of the Salvation Army * Wilfred Ndidi, (born 1996), Nigerian football player *

Wilfred Owen Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced b ...

(1893–1918), British poet and soldier *

Wilfred Pickles Wilfred Pickles, OBE (13 October 1904 – 27 March 1978) was an English actor and radio presenter. Early life and personal life Pickles was born in Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He moved to Southport, Lancashire, with his family ...

(1904–1978), English actor and radio presenter *

Wilfred Potter Wilfred Potter (2 May 1910 – 4 March 1994) was an English cricketer. Potter was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born at Swincliffe, near Harrogate, Yorkshire. Potter made a single first-class appearance for Warwi ...

(1910–1994), English cricketer * Wilfred A. Ratwatte, Sri Lankan

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for

Haputale Haputale ( si, හපුතලේ; ta, ஹபுதலே) is a town of Badulla District in the Uva Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. The elevation is 1431 m (4695 ft) above the sea level. The area has a rich bio-dive ...

Wilfred Rhodes Wilfred Rhodes (29 October 1877 – 8 July 1973) was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets and scored 2,325 runs, becoming the first Englishman ...

(1877–1973), English cricketer *

Wilfred Rose Wilfred Andrew Rose (1922–2008) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian diplomat and politician who served in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. A member of the People's National Movement, Rose also held several am ...

(1922–2008), Trinidad and Tobago diplomat and politician *

Wilfred Cantwell Smith Wilfred Cantwell Smith (July 21, 1916 – February 7, 2000) was a Canadian Islamicist, comparative religion scholar, and Presbyterian minister. He was the founder of the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University in Quebec and later th ...

(1916–2000), Canadian professor of comparative religion *

Wilfred Stokes Sir Frederick Wilfrid Scott Stokes, (9 April 1860 – 7 February 1927) was the inventor in 1915 of the Stokes Mortar, which saw extensive use in the latter half of the First World War and was one of the first truly portable mortars. Stokes wa ...

(1860–1927), British inventor of the Stokes mortar used in the First World War *

Wilfred Thesiger Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (3 June 1910 – 24 August 2003), also known as Mubarak bin Landan ( ar, مُبَارَك بِن لَنْدَن, ''the blessed one of London'') was a British military officer, explorer, and writer. Thesiger's trav ...

(1910–2003), British explorer and travel writer *

Wilfred Trotter Wilfred Batten Lewis Trotter, FRS (3 November 1872 – 25 November 1939) was an English surgeon, a pioneer in neurosurgery. He was also known for his studies on social psychology, most notably for his concept of the herd instinct, which he fi ...

(1872–1939), British surgeon, pioneer in neurosurgery and contributor to social psychology *

Wilfred Wood Wilfred Wood VC (2 February 1897 – 3 January 1982) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. The VC ...

(1897–1982), British First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Wilfred Wood (bishop) Wilfred Denniston Wood KA (born 15 June 1936) is a Barbadian-British Anglican minister who was the Bishop of Croydon from 1985 to 2003 (and the first area bishop there from 1991), the first black bishop in the Church of England. He came secon ...

(born 1936), first black bishop in the Church of England

People named Wilfrid

Wilfrid Wilfrid ( – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and ...

(c. 634–709), originally spelled Wilfrith, Anglo-Saxon saint and Bishop of York * Wilfrid (8th century bishop) or Saint Wilfrid the Younger (d. either 745 or 746), also an Anglo-Saxon saint and Bishop of York *

Wilfrid Brambell Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor, best remembered for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man Albert Steptoe alongside Harry H. Corbett in the long-running BBC television sitcom '' ...

(1912–1985), Irish actor *

Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (2 October 1878 – 26 May 1962) was a British Georgian poet, associated with World War I but also the author of much later work. Early work Gibson was born in Hexham, Northumberland, and left the north for London in 1914 ...

(1878–1962), British poet *

Wilfrid de Glehn Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn (sometimes 'Wilfried') (1870 – 11 May 1951) was an Impressionist British painter, elected to the Royal Academy in 1932. Biography De Glehn's father was Alexander de Glenn of Sydenham, London, himself the son ...

(1870–1951), British Impressionist painter * Wilfrid Hall (1892–1965), British entomologist *

Wilfrid Kent Hughes Sir Wilfrid Selwyn "Bill" Kent Hughes (12 June 1895 – 31 July 1970) was an Australian army officer and politician who had a long career in both state and federal politics, most notably as a minister in the Menzies Government. He also ...

(1895–1970), Australian soldier, Olympian and Olympic Games organiser, author and federal and state government minister *

Wilfrid Hyde-White Wilfrid Hyde-White (12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was a British character actor of stage, film and television. He achieved international recognition for his role as Colonel Pickering in the film version of the musical ''My Fair Lady'' (1964). Ea ...

(1903–1991), English character actor *

Wilfrid Laurier Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, ( ; ; November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadian prime minis ...

(1841–1919), seventh Prime Minister of Canada * Wilfrid Lawson (disambiguation), various baronets and one character actor *Wilfrid

Wop May Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May, (March 20, 1896 – June 21, 1952) was a Canadian flying ace in the First World War and a leading post-war aviator. He was the final Allied pilot to be pursued by Manfred von Richthofen before the German ace was shot down ...

(1896–1952), Canadian First World War flying ace and aviation pioneer *

Wilfrid Napier Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM (born 8 March 1941) is a South African prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Durban from 1992 to 2021 and has been a cardinal since 2001. He served as Bishop of Kokstad from 1981 to 1992. Biograph ...

(born 1941), Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Durbin, South Africa *

Wilfrid Noyce Wilfrid ( – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, a ...

(1917–1962), English mountaineer and author *

Wilfrid Pelletier Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier (sometimes spelled Wilfred), (20 June 1896 – 9 April 1982) was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator. He was instrumental in establishing the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, serving ...

(1896–1982), Canadian conductor, pianist, composer and administrator * Wilfred Martin Rajapakse (1864-19??), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician * Wilfrid Schroder (1946–2013), Associate Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court *

Wilfrid Sellars Wilfrid Stalker Sellars (May 20, 1912 – July 2, 1989) was an American philosopher and prominent developer of critical realism, who "revolutionized both the content and the method of philosophy in the United States". Life and career His father ...

(1912–1989), American philosopher * Wilfred Senanayake (1918-2008), Sri Lankan Trotskyist MP for

Homagama Homagama is a town in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka, about south-east of Colombo. The Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha consists of the Homagama Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka, divisional secretariat and 10 GN division of Padukka DS division. The ...

Wilfrid Michael Voynich Wilfrid Voynich (born Michał Habdank-Wojnicz; Telšiai, Деятели революционного движения в России: Био-библиографический словарь: От предшественников декабри� ...

(1865–1930), Polish revolutionary, antiquarian and bibliophile *

Wilfrid Wood Wilfrid René Wood (1 December 1888 – 18 February 1976) was a British engraver and watercolourist. He painted urban landscapes of British towns such as Stamford, Lincolnshire. Wilfrid Wood was born in Cheadle Hulme, south of Manchester. His ...

(1888–1976), English artist

People named Wilfrith

Wilfrith I (bishop of Worcester) __NOTOC__ Wilfrith or Wilfrid was a medieval Bishop of Worcester. He was consecrated in 718. In 735, he consecrated one Eva as the third abbess of Gloucester Abbey. Wilfrith died between 743 and 745, perhaps on 29 April 744.Fryde, et al. ''Hand ...

(died c. 744) * Wilfrith II (bishop of Worcester) (died 929) *

Wilfrith Elstob Lieutenant Colonel Wilfrith Elstob (8 September 1888 – 21 March 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealt ...

(1888-1918), English First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross

Fictional characters

* Wilfrid, one of ''

The Bash Street Kids ''The Bash Street Kids'' is a comic strip in the British comic magazine '' The Beano''. It also appeared briefly in The Wizard as series of prose stories in 1955. The strip, created by Leo Baxendale as ''When the Bell Rings'', first appea ...

'' * Wilfred, one of the title characters of ''

Pip, Squeak and Wilfred ''Pip, Squeak and Wilfred'' was a British strip cartoon published in the ''Daily Mirror'' from 1919 to 1956 (with a break c. 1940–1950), as well as the ''Sunday Pictorial'' in the early years. It was conceived by Bertram Lamb, who took the role ...

'', a British newspaper strip cartoon (1919-1956) * Wilfred, title character of ''

Wilfred (Australian TV series) ''Wilfred'' is an Australian comedy television series created by Adam Zwar, Jason Gann and Tony Rogers based on their award-winning 2002 short film. The story follows the lives of the eponymous dog Wilfred, his owner Sarah, and her boyfriend Ada ...

'' and its remake, '' Wilfred (U.S. TV series)'' * Wilfred of Ivanhoe, the hero of Sir Walter Scott's novel ''Ivanhoe'' *Wilfred James, the protagonist of ''1922'' *

Wilfred Mott Wilfred "Wilf" Mott is a recurring fictional character in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', played by Bernard Cribbins. He is the grandfather of the Tenth Doctor's companion Donna Noble, and father of her mother, Syl ...

, grandfather to

Donna Noble Donna Noble (later Donna Temple-Noble) is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Portrayed by British actress and comedian Catherine Tate, she is a former companion of the Tenth Docto ...

, a companion to the tenth doctor in the TV show ''Doctor Who''

People named Wilfred

People named Wilfrid

People named Wilfrith

Fictional characters

See also