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“wise”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Frode is a masculine given name documented in Dutch, Danish, Finnish and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Fróði, with the stated meaning “wise”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Fróde (Danish)
Meaning: “wise”
From Old Norse Fróði, a byname from fróðr (“wise”). Cognate with English Frodo.
02 / Across borders
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2 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
4 of 5 countries
03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Frode
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 46 | 115 | observed |
| 1946 | 64 | 103 | observed |
| 1947 | 56 | 105 | observed |
| 1948 | 49 | 113 | observed |
| 1949 | 71 | 93 | observed |
| 1950 | 82 | 88 | observed |
| 1951 | 74 | 91 | observed |
| 1952 | 87 | 86 | observed |
| 1953 | 90 | 84 | observed |
| 1954 | 112 | 72 | observed |
| 1955 | 139 | 59 | observed |
| 1956 | 137 | 60 | observed |
| 1957 | 159 | 50 | observed |
| 1958 | 193 | 45 | observed |
| 1959 | 214 | 40 | observed |
| 1960 | 266 | 31 | observed |
| 1961 | 266 | 32 | observed |
| 1962 | 306 | 24 | observed |
| 1963 | 325 | 23 | observed |
| 1964 | 343 | 24 | observed |
| 1965 | 369 | 23 | observed |
| 1966 | 391 | 20 | observed |
| 1967 | 421 | 20 | observed |
| 1968 | 476 | 15 | observed |
| 1969 | 537 | 11 | observed |
| 1970 | 528 | 10 | observed |
| 1971 | 537 | 10 | observed |
| 1972 | 553 | 8 | observed |
| 1973 | 579 | 8 | observed |
| 1974 | 619 | 3 | observed |
| 1975 | 540 | 4 | observed |
| 1976 | 482 | 5 | observed |
| 1977 | 426 | 8 | observed |
| 1978 | 343 | 14 | observed |
| 1979 | 251 | 27 | observed |
| 1980 | 218 | 34 | observed |
| 1981 | 210 | 35 | observed |
| 1982 | 144 | 54 | observed |
| 1983 | 132 | 59 | observed |
| 1984 | 107 | 73 | observed |
| 1985 | 97 | 82 | observed |
| 1986 | 74 | 111 | observed |
| 1987 | 76 | 102 | observed |
| 1988 | 69 | 119 | observed |
| 1989 | 55 | 136 | observed |
| 1990 | 43 | 165 | observed |
| 1991 | 35 | 188 | observed |
| 1992 | 31 | 202 | observed |
| 1993 | 30 | 204 | observed |
| 1994 | 35 | 178 | observed |
| 1995 | 22 | 235 | observed |
| 1996 | 21 | 239 | observed |
| 1997 | 14 | 295 | observed |
| 1998 | 13 | 307 | observed |
| 1999 | 11 | 326 | observed |
| 2000 | 7 | 411 | observed |
| 2001 | 11 | 316 | observed |
| 2002 | 9 | 336 | observed |
| 2003 | 4 | 517 | observed |
| 2004 | 6 | 432 | observed |
| 2005 | 6 | 445 | observed |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | 5 | 504 | observed |
| 2008 | 4 | 536 | observed |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Frode” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People on Wikidata whose recorded given name is this item (not necessarily their first name), ordered by number of Wikipedia articles. Their names may use a different spelling.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
