Friday (family name)
Freitag is a German-speaking family name .
Origin and meaning
Adoption of the Middle High German "vritac" ( Friday ).
"Vrygdach", "Frijdagg" or "Friedag", also Vrydag (ndd.) Is ambiguous:
- "Frijer", "Frijger" (ndd.) = Free advertiser willing to marry
- "Frijen", "frijgen" (ndd.) = Advertise or woo, win or win over
variants
Name bearer
A.
- Adam Freitag (1608–1650), Dutch war builder (engineer) and doctor
- Alfred Freitag (1880–1959), member of the State Parliament of Hesse
- Armin Freitag (* 1930), German diplomat
B.
- Benedict Freitag (* 1952), Swiss actor
- Bernd Freitag (* 1942), German anesthesiologist
- Björn Freitag (* 1973), German chef, restaurant owner and book author
- Buddy Freitag (1932–2012), American theater producer
- Burkhard Freitag (* 1953), German computer scientist, President of the University of Passau
C.
- Christine Freitag (* 1964), professor for historical-systematic and comparative educational science at the University of Paderborn
- Christine M. Freitag (* 1967), German doctor
- Christoph Freitag (* 1990), Austrian soccer player
- Clemens Freitag (1883–1969), German painter
- Cornelia Freitag-Schubert (* 1956), German artist, art teacher and university professor
D.
- Dagmar Freitag (* 1953), German politician (SPD)
- Daniel Freitag (* 1986), German musician and music producer
- Dieter Freitag (1939–2014), German engineer
E.
- Eberhard Freitag (* 1942), German mathematician
- Erhard F. Freitag (1940–2015), book author and one of the most famous advocates of so-called "positive thinking"
- Erik Freitag (* 1940), Austrian composer and violinist
F.
- Florian Freitag (* 1992), German handball player
- Ms. Freitag (* 1968; real name unknown), pseudonym of a German teacher, blogger and book author
- Friedrich Freitag (1904–1992), German teacher and local researcher
- Fritz Freitag (officer) (1894–1945), German major general of the police and Waffen-SS
- Fritz Freitag (painter) (1915–1977), German painter
G
- Gazmend Freitag (* 1968), Albanian painter
- Georg Honorius Freitag (1696–1729), Austrian composer
- Gerhard Freitag (1913–1995), German SS-Hauptsturmführer
- Günther Freitag (* 1952), Austrian writer
H
- Hans Freitag (1682–1734), see Johann Isaak Freitag
- Hans Freitag (entrepreneur) (1946-2015), German entrepreneur (waffle / biscuit production)
- Hayo Freitag (* 1950), German producer, designer, author and director of animated films
- Heinz Freitag (politician) (1936–2002), German SED functionary in the GDR
- Heinz Freitag (dubbing director) (1941–2018), German dubbing director
- Helmut Freitag (botanist) (* 1932), German botanist and university professor
- Helmut Freitag (* 1960), German church musician
- Herbert Freitag (* 1915), German politician and member of the state parliament
- Herta Freitag (1908–2000), Austrian-American mathematician
- Holger Freitag (* 1963), German ski jumper
- Horst Freitag (1930–2019), German soccer player
- Horst Freitag (diplomat) (* 1955), German diplomat
J
- Jacques Freitag (* 1982), South African athlete
- Johann Freitag (1581–1641), German doctor
- Johann Freitag von Loringhoven (approx. 1430–1494), Landmeister of the Teutonic Order in Livonia
- Johann Isaak Freitag (1682–1734), Swiss wood sculptor
- Josef Freitag (* 1950), German Catholic theologian and university professor
K
- Karin Freitag (* 1980), Austrian long-distance runner
- Karl Freitag (1896 – after 1970), German resistance fighter during the Nazi era
- Katharina Freitag (* 1987), German soccer player
- Kathrin Freitag (* 1974), German track cyclist
- Klaus Freitag (* 1964), German ancient historian
- Kornelia Freitag (* 1958), German Americanist and university professor
L.
- Lucie Freitag-Fransen (* 1955), German water diver
- Ludwig Freitag (1888–1973), German architect
- Lutz Freitag (* 1943), German politician and trade unionist
M.
- Manfred Freitag (screenwriter) (1934–1995), German screenwriter
- Manfred Freitag (artist) (* 1934), German painter and graphic artist
- Manfred Freitag (chess player) (* 1969), Austrian chess player
- Marcus Freitag (* 1967), German theologian and philosopher
- Mark Freitag (* ~ 1961), Canadian badminton player
- Markus Freitag (* 1968), German political scientist
- Meike Freitag (* 1979), German swimmer
O
- Otto Freitag (writer) (1839–1899), German writer and editor
- Otto Freitag (politician) (1888–1963), German politician (DVP, GDR CDU)
- Otto Freitag (1898–1982), German soccer player; see Friday brothers
- Otto Freitag (actor) , Swiss actor and director
P
- Pankraz Freitag (1952–2013), Swiss politician
- Pascal Freitag (* 1979), German actor
- Paul Freitag (* 1945), German writer and poet
- Peter Freitag (lawyer) (* 1945), German lawyer and judge
- Peter Freitag (artist) (* 1972), German artist
R.
- Richard Freitag (* 1991), German ski jumper
- Robert Freitag (1916–2010), Austrian actor
- Robert Freitag (lawyer) (* 1968), German lawyer and university professor
- Rudolf Freitag (sculptor) (1805–1890), German sculptor and art collector
- Rudolf Freitag (soccer player) (1933-2017), German soccer player
- Ruth Freitag (* 1961), chemist and professor for bioprocess engineering
S.
- Sabine Freitag (* 1962), German modern historian
- Selina Freitag (* 2001), German ski jumper
- Stefan Freitag (* 1968), German politician (independent)
T
- Thomas Freitag (cabaret artist) (* 1950), German cabaret artist
- Thomas Freitag (author) (* 1954), German author
- Tina Freitag (* 1970), German film editor
U
- Ulrich Freitag (cartographer) (* 1931), German cartographer
- Ulrich Freitag (* 1947), German politician (SPD)
- Ulrike Freitag (* 1962), German modern historian, Islamic scholar
- Uschi Freitag (* 1989), German tower and water diver
V
- Veronika Freitag (* 1975), German actress
W.
- Walter Freitag (1889–1958), German trade union official and politician (SPD)
- Werner Freitag (swimmer) (* 1946), German swimmer
- Werner Freitag (historian) (* 1955), German historian
- Willi Freitag (1895−?) German soccer player, see Gebrüder Freitag
- Wolfgang Freitag (architect) (* 1930), German architect
- Wolfgang Freitag (lawyer) (* 1944), German lawyer and judge
- Wolfgang Freitag (artist) (* 1948), German graphic artist, illustrator and author
- Wolfgang Freitag (journalist) (* 1958), Austrian journalist and photographer
- Wolfgang Freitag (philosopher) (* 1972), German philosopher and university professor
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friday (family name) - GenWiki. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
- ^ Friedag (family name) - GenWiki. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .