Edric
Where Edric comes from
From Old English Ēadrīc, from Proto-West Germanic *Audarīk, from Proto-Germanic *Audarīks, from *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”).
- Old English
Along the way
- 1914First appearance#3,264 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 2018Peak, #1,324137 babies named Edric — more than any year before or since.
- 2020The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,323.
In the dictionary
- A male given name from Old English.
Namesakes
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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.