Given name & surname · also Middle English
Etheridge
“noble ruler”
Etheridge is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Etheridge goes back to Old English Æðelrīc, meaning “noble ruler.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Etheridge comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Atteriche, from Old English Æðelrīc (“noble ruler”).
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Etheridge through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 105
- 105 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 15 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 8 in 1953. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,707 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.
Etheridge’s family of names
In English usage, Etheridge as a surname has a related form in ATTRIDGE. In English usage, Etheridge as a surname has a related form in ETHEREDGE. In English usage, Etheridge as a surname has a related form in ETHRIDGE.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Etheridge
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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