Freud Family History
Freud Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a person of a cheerful disposition from Middle High German vreude vröide ‘joy’ German Freud(e). As a Jewish name it can also be artificial. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Freyde meaning ‘joy’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022