Freak Family History
Freak Name Meaning
from Middle English freke ‘brave man man-at-arms warrior’ (Old English freca).from Middle English frek ‘eager brave’ also ‘quick’ (Old English frec). Compare Frick . from Middle English freke a simplified form of frikthe ferkthe ‘frith woodland’ (from Old English firhð ge-fyrhð with metathesis of -r-)’. See Frick and compare Firk and Firth . Some of the early bearers in (1) may alternatively belong here. Compare Frick and Fricker .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016