Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Meaning & History
Derived from the Old English elements æðel "noble" and ric "ruler". This was the name of several early Anglo-Saxon kings.
Related Names
Sources & References
- Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
- Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 48.