No it's not, but my Gr-grandfather was born Frederick or possibly Friederich, but when I searched for his gravestone, it had his name as Frank. I never would have guessed Frank would be a nickname for Frederick. Elaine On 5/14/07, kathie boelkes <kathielee02@yahoo.com> wrote: > Frederick is not German for Frank. Frederick can take on a variety of spellings and still be considered Germanic but it isn't Frank. Frederick can also be Fritz which is actually a sort of nickname for Frederick. > > > Regards, Bob~~