# Ulric (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ulric/  
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 |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “heritage”, “homestead”, “ruler”, “wolf” |
| Pronunciation | /ʊl.ɹɪk/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 513 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 513 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Old High German uodil (“heritage, homestead”) + rihhi (“ruler”); compare German Ulrich. English sources also suggest Old English wulf (“wolf”) + ric (“ruler”).

## What it means

Ulric is grouped under king and wolf.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 9,624 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,711 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,681 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12,039 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,601 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,297 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8,103 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,642 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,604 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,828 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,525 |
| 2021 | 15 | 6,009 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,758 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14,104 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,595 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Улрих
- Catalan: Ulric
- Czech: Oldřich
- Danish: Ulrik
- Dutch: Oldrik, Ulrich
- Esperanto: Udalriko
- French: Ulric
- German: Ulrich
- Hungarian: Ulrik
- Italian: Ulderico, Ulrico
- Latvian: Uldis
- Norwegian: Ulrik
- Polish: Ulryk
- Portuguese: Ulrico
- Russian: Ульрих
- Slovak: Oldrich
- Slovene: Ulrik
- Spanish: Uldarico, Ulrico
- Swedish: Ulrik
- Ukrainian: Ульріх

## People named Ulric

- Ulric Neisser, American psychologist (1928–2012)
- Ricky Shakes, association football player (born 1985)

## 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.