"Freddy" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈfɹɛdi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Freddy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Freddie [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛdi Etymology: Etymology tree English Fred Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Freddy From Fred + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|Fred|-y<id:diminutive>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English Fred Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Freddy [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Freddy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Freddy"> From Fred + -y., {{ety|en|:af|Fred|-y<id:diminutive>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English Fred Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Freddy From Fred + -y. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Freddy
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Frederick.
    Sense id: en-Freddy-en-name-scPxi4qb Categories (other): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive) Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive): 83 17
  2. The city of Fredericton.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: House That Freddy Built, ready as Freddy, ready like Freddy, Freddy Beach 
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