The name "Fredegar" (modern French Frédégaire) was first used for the chronicle in 1579 by Claude Fauchet in his Recueil des antiquitez gauloises et françoises.
Navnet "Fredegar" (moderne fransk: Frédégaire) ble først benyttet for krøniken i 1579 af Claude Fauchet i hans Recueil des antiquitez gauloises et françoises.