Eadric, Edric(h)

• Origin: Anglo-Saxon
• Meaning: “rich ruler.”
• Gender: Masculine
• ENG (ED-drick; EE-drick)

The name is composed of the Anglo-Saxon elements, ead (rich) & ric (ruler). It was borne by a 6th-century King of Kent, an 11th-century Mercian ealderman known for his treachery with the Danes, and an Anglo-Saxon resister against the Normans..

It is the name of a character in the Frank Herbert’s 1969 novel, Dune.

Other forms include:

• Ædric (Anglo-Saxon)
• Edric (Czech, Spanish)
• Adric (English)
• Eadrich (English)
• Odrich (English)
• Edricus (Latin)

Sources

• http://dmnes.org/name/Edrich
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/edric
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadric