Ulric

Meaning of Ulric

Ulric, pronounced UL-rik (ˈʊl.rɪk), traces back to the Old High German Ulrich—composed of ulf ‘wolf’ and rīhhi ‘power, ruler’—and gained early prominence through medieval bearers such as Saint Ulrich of Augsburg, whose tenth-century episcopate lent the name ecclesiastical prominence. In Anglo-American usage it has exhibited a sporadic yet enduring presence in U.S. birth records throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, rarely exceeding double-digit annual occurrences; in 2024, for instance, only five newborns received the name, placing it at rank 919. Ulric’s most significant cluster of usage occurred in the mid-1960s to mid-1970s—peaking around rank 637 in 1966—yet it has consistently remained outside the top 600. This analytical perspective underscores Ulric’s status as a distinctive, low-frequency choice that balances precise Germanic etymology with a measured level of rarity.