Boy name origins & meanings
- Old English : Old king
Boy name variations
How Popular Is The Name Aldrich
Family name origins & meanings
- English : from a Middle English personal name, Ailric, Alrich, Aldrich, etc. (Many different forms are recorded.) It represents the coalescence of at least two Old English personal names, Ælfrīc ‘elf ruler’ and Æ{dh}elrīc ‘noble ruler’.
- The earliest recorded bearer of this surname in North America is George Alrich, who came from Derbyshire to MA in 1631.