Fricken: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Fricken is a branch of the Fricke name tree. Its meaning, shared with Fricke, is “Little Friedrich”.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Fricken, so the heraldry linked to Fricke is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Spelling and variants

Records show Fricken as one of the forms Fricke took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Frick, Frikke and Fricks.

Want more than a summary? See the Fricken family name pack.