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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Old king

First name variations: Aldrych, Aldred, Aldren, Aldridge, Aldric, Aldrick, Aldrige, Aldritch, Alldric, Alldrich, Alldrick, Alldridge

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. 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’.
  2. The earliest recorded bearer of this surname in North America is George Alrich, who came from Derbyshire to MA in 1631.