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:
- 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.
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