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“man” + “peace”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Manfredi is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Italian, Neapolitan and 1 other language. Portuguese Wiktionary gives the components “man” + “peace”.
Meaning: “man” + “peace”
Do latim Manfredus que veio do germânico Manfriþu, man (homem) e friþu (paz). Significa homem de paz, homem pacificador.
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Spain, 2025: 21 male (rank 28743). Documented as a given name in Spanish.
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03 / By the numbers
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2025 Spelling: MANFREDI
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Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
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| Year | People | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 28,743 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “MANFREDI” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
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Released 2026-04-23 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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Manfredi— “mighty peace”
_Magan_ is the Gothic and Saxon to be able, whence our defective _may_, and a number of other words in all the various northern tongues, in especial _main_ or _chief_. The names from it are chiefly of German origin. Maginfred, or Powerful-peace, was a fine Old German name, which, by the time it came to the brave but unfortunate Sicilian, son of Frederick II., had been worn down to Manfred, whence he was called by his subjects Manfredi, by his French foes Mainfroi, and by his…
_Magan_ is the Gothic and Saxon to be able, whence our defective _may_, and a number of other words in all the various northern tongues, in especial _main_ or _chief_. The names from it are chiefly of German origin. Maginfred, or Powerful-peace, was a fine Old German name, which, by the time it came to the brave but unfortunate Sicilian, son of Frederick II., had been worn down to Manfred, whence he was called by his subjects Manfredi, by his French foes Mainfroi, and by his English contemporaries Mainfroy.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter VI (Descriptive Names), Section VI (Power) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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King of Sicily from 1258 to 1266
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06 / Behind the facts
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Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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