Given name & surname
Eldredge
“a wise ruler”
Eldredge is a variant of Eldridge. One German interpretation is “a wise ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eldredge is a variant of Eldridge. One German interpretation is “a wise ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eldredge is a variant of Eldridge. An origin associated with Eldridge is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eldredge through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 196
- 196 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,312 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eldredge’s family of names
Eldredge has a related form in Eldridge.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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