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ULRICH

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German, French

Pronounced: UWL-rikh (German)   [key]

Means "prosperity and power" from Germanic uodal "prosperity" combined with ric "power". This was the name of two German saints. Another famous bearer was Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531), leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland.
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