Freilich

See also: freilich

English

Etymology

Ashkenazi surname, from Yiddish פֿריילעך (freylekh, “happy, cheerful”). Compare German freilich (“certainly, of course”).

Proper noun

Freilich (plural Freiliches or Freilichs)

1. A surname from Yiddish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Freilich is the 31873^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 724 individuals. Freilich is most common among White (97.24%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Freilich”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 602.