Freddy (given name)

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Freddy (also Freddi and Freddie) is a diminutive used by both men and women whose names contain the Germanic element -fred, notable examples of such being Frederick, Frederica, and Alfred. In rare cases, it may be used a diminutive of any name containing -fred, regardless of origin, as with Freddy Adu and Freddie Benson, both Ghanaians named Fredua.

People[edit]

In sports[edit]

• Freddy (Angolan footballer) (born 1979), Angolan footballer
• Freddy Adu (born 1989), American soccer player
• Freddie Banks (born 1965), American basketball player
• Freddie Barnes (born 1986), American football wide receiver
• Freddie Beck (1904–1987), English golfer
• Freddie Bishop (born 1990), American football player
• Freddie Bradley (born 1970), American football running back
• Freddie Braun (born 1988), American soccer player
• Freddie Brorsson (born 1997), Swedish footballer
• 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 Bunce (1938–1991), English footballer
• Freddie Burch (1886–?), English footballer
• Freddie Calthorpe (1892–1935), English cricketer
• Freddie Clarke (born 1992), English rugby union player
• Freddie Clayton (1873–1946), English first-class cricketer
• Freddie Coleman (born 1991), Scottish cricketer
• Freddie Crum (1912–1987), American basketball player
• Freddie Douglas (born 1954), National Football League wide receiver
• Freddie Dunkelman (1920–2010), British ice hockey player
• Freddie Elizalde (born 1940), Filipino former swimmer
• Freddie Eriksson (born 1981), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider
• Freddie Fenton (1879–?), English footballer
• Freddy Fernández (actor) (1934–1995), Mexican actor
• Freddy Fernández (footballer) (born 1974), Costa Rican footballer
• Brad Fittler (born 1972), Australian rugby league player nicknamed "Freddy"
• Andrew Flintoff (born 1977), English cricketer nicknamed "Freddie"
• Freddie Fox (footballer) (1898–1968), English football goalkeeper
• Freddie Fox (jockey) (1888–1945), British horse racing jockey
• Freddie Freeman (born 1989), American-Canadian baseball player
• 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 1958), 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 Goss, American basketball coach
• Freddie Hubalde (born 1953), Filipino retired basketball player
• 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) (died 1960), British rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s
• 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
• 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 (1947–1994), American National Football League player
• Freddie Swain (born 1998), American football 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[edit]

• Freddie Aguilar (born 1953), Filipino singer-songwriter and musician
• 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 (1931–2020), American jazz singer and pianist, brother of Nat King Cole
• Freddie Colloca (born 1975), Argentine-American Christian musician, pianist, and worship leader
• Freddie Crump (died 1980), drummer from the United States
• Freddie Fisher (musician) (1904–1967), American musician
• Freddie Burke Frederick (1921–1986), American child actor
• 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 Gibbs (born 1982), American rapper and songwriter
• Freddie Green (1911–1987), American swing jazz guitarist
• Freddie Hart (1926–2018), stage name of Frederick Segrest, American country musician and songwriter
• Freddie Hubbard (1938–2008), American jazz trumpeter
• Freddie King (1934–1976), American blues guitarist and singer
• Freddie A. Lerche (born 1937), Danish painter
• Freddy Martin (1906–1983), American bandleader and tenor saxophonist
• Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), Zanzibarian-born musician, lead singer of 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. (born 1976), American actor, son of the above
• Freddy Quinn (born 1931) or simply "Freddy", Austrian singer and actor
• Freddie Roach (organist) (1931–1980), American soul jazz musician
• Freddy Rodriguez (actor) (born 1975), American actor
• Freddy Rodríguez (artist) (1945–2022), Dominican Republic artist in the United States
• Freddie Smith (born 1988), American actor
• Freddie Starr (1943–2019), 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
• Freddie (singer) (born 1990), alias of Gábor Alfréd Fehérvári, Hungarian singer
• Freddie Anderson (1922–2001), Irish writer, playwright, author, poet and socialist
• Freddie Brocksieper (1912–1990), German jazz-musician, drummer, and bandleader
• Freddie Bruno (born 1978), American Christian hip hop musician
• Daddy Freddy (born 1965), Jamaican ragga vocalist

Politicians and businesspeople[edit]

• Freddy de Ruiter (born 1969), Norwegian politician
• Freddie M. Garcia (born 1944), Filipino business executive
• Freddy Heineken (1923–2002), Dutch businessman, chairman of the board and CEO of the Heineken brewing company
• Freddy Huayta (born 1968), Bolivian politician
• Freddie Rodriguez (born 1965), American politician

Others[edit]

• Freddie Carpenter (1920–2003), Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight
• Freddy Deeb (born 1955), Lebanese-born American professional poker player
• Freddie Figgers (born 1989), computer programmer, inventor, and entrepreneur
• Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez (1946–1968), United States Marine Corps sergeant awarded the Medal of Honor, nicknamed "Freddy"
• Freddie Oversteegen (1925–2018), Dutch assassin during World War II
• 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[edit]

• 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
• Freddy Fazbear, a character in the horror game Five Nights at Freddy's by Scott Cawthon
• 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 generation 2 of Skins
• Freddy Newandyke, from the film Reservoir Dogs
• Freddy Riley, a survivor in the video game Identity V
• 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
• Fat Freddy Freekowtski, one of the main Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.

See also[edit]

• Fredi (disambiguation)
• Fred (name)
• Freddo
• Fredro
• Freddy (disambiguation)

References[edit]

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