About the Fritag Surname

Whether you spell it Fritag or Freitag, the story begins in the same place. In origin, the name means “Friday”.

• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• Without the “e” of Freitag, Fritag is a simpler written form of the same name.
• Other spellings include Freytag.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Freitag and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Fritag surname pack.