Federico is the Spanish and Italian form of Frederick, from the Germanic frid, peace, and ric, ruler, and means "peaceful ruler". The poet Federico García Lorca and the filmmaker Federico Fellini are its most celebrated bearers, and the name is a classic across Spain, Italy and Latin America. In the United States Federico ranked number 1222 in 2000 and peaked at number 1150 in 2003; after years around number 2100 it stands at number 2043 in 2025.