Wilfred

or Wil·frid

[ wil-frid ]

noun

1. a male given name: from Old English words meaning “will” and “peace.”

Example Sentences

Like, “Why is Ryan the only one who can see and hear Wilfred?”

From The Daily Beast

Before that could happen, Wilfred came to life on Australian TV screens with two series of eight episodes each on SBS TV.

From The Daily Beast

On the one hand, Wilfred is a pot-smoking, hard-drinking, Matt Damon-loving, mongrel dog.

From The Daily Beast

Series creator Jason Gann plays Wilfred in both the Australian original and the American remake.

From The Daily Beast

I left with the answers, but also with a deep appreciation of Wilfred Charles Heinz and his writing craft.

From The Daily Beast

Wilfred sauntered away to the old apple-tree, and began picking off twigs here and there, to drop them on the grass.

From Project Gutenberg

Weeds began to devastate her garden, and Wilfred used to look over the fence and wish uncle Jim would do something.

From Project Gutenberg

But one morning he sought out Wilfred, mending a gap in his own orchard wall by the road.

From Project Gutenberg

Whatever they quarrelled about Wilfred is very sure that he was the offender; Lionel never begins that kind of thing.

From Project Gutenberg

Wilfred, who was trained at Lindisfarne, visited France and Italy in his youth, and came back full of great architectural ideas.

From Project Gutenberg