# Oldřich (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/oldrich/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 6 | 3,776 |
| 1917 | 9 | 2,886 |
| 1922 | 7 | 3,777 |

## People named Oldřich

- Oldřich Nejedlý, Czech footballer (1909–1990)
- Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia, Duke of Bohemia
- Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player (1882–1957)
- Oldřich Černík, 1921–1994, Czech politician, prime minister of Czechoslovakia (1968–70)
- Oldřich Machač, Czech ice hockey player (1946-2011)
- Oldřich Lipský, Czech director and scriptwriter (1924-1986)
- Oldřich Lajsek, Czech graphic and painter (1925-2001)
- Oldřich Svojanovský, Czechoslovak rower
- Oldřich Rulc, Czech footballer (1911-1969)
- Oldřich Rott, Czechoslovak soccer player
- Oldřich Pelčák, Czech astronaut and pilot (1943–2023)
- Oldřich of Olomouc, Bohemian noble (1134–1177)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.