Given name
Eldrid
“an old, wise advisor”
Eldrid is a variant of Eldred. One English interpretation is “an old, wise advisor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eldrid is a variant of Eldred. One English interpretation is “an old, wise advisor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eldrid is a variant of Eldred. An origin associated with Eldred is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eldrid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 23 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 8 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 1941. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1918.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Eldrid
- Eldrid LundenNorwegian poet and creative writing professorborn 1940
- Eldrid NordbøNorwegian politician1942–2026
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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