Wilfred
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Origin of the name Wilfred:
Wilfred is derived from the Old English Wilfrith (desire for peace), a compound name composed of the elements willa (a wish, a desire) and frith (peace). Var: Wilfrid, Willifred.
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Will, Willy, Wolf
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Wilfred Owen, World War I poet
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Wilfred of Ivanhoe, hero of Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe
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