Grumpy Old Geeks Topics Women called Fred Topic Women called Fred 3 mentions in 1 episode The hosts debate whether Fred counts as a woman’s name when it is short for Frederica or Winifred. Mentions 379: Computers Gonna Compute Sep 25, 2019 45:15 Her name is Frederica, a.k.a. Freddie or Fred. 45:32 I said short for Winifred. 45:50 a link to another woman named Frederica