Walfried - Meaning of Walfried

What does Walfried mean?

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Walfried

[ syll. wal-fried, wa-lfri-ed ] The baby boy name Walfried is pronounced as WAOLFRiy-D †. Walfried is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in the German language. It is a two-element name derived from wald meaning 'to rule' ; fridu 'peace, protection, safety'.

Walfried is a variant of Walfred (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian).

Variants of Walfried include Valfrid (Scandinavian), Waldfried (German), Walfred, Walfrid, Walfryd, Wallfred, Wallfrid, Wallfried, and Wallfryd.

See also the related categories, peace (quiet), protection, and german.

Walfried is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Walfried include Wallfried, Walberto, Walford, Walforde, Walfred, Walfrid, Walfryd, Wallford, Wallforde, Wallfrid, Wallfryd, Welford, Wellford, Wilbart, Wilbert, Wilburt, Wilfride, Wilfried, Wilfryd, and Wilibrord.

† approx English pronunciation for Walfried: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"