Früh or Frueh is a German surname. It comes from Middle High German vrū/vruo "early", applied as a nickname for an early riser or a hardworking person, or alternatively for a child born early or before marriage. There are 1011 people with this surname in Germany, mostly in the southwest, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Notable people with the surname include:Bartley Christopher Frueh, American clinical psychologist and author Dallas Frueh, American racing driver Huldreich Georg Früh (1903–1945), Swiss composer Joanna Frueh (1948–2020), American artist, writer, and feminist scholar Johann J…