Given name
Oldrich
“a strong and wealthy leader”
Oldrich is used as a given name. One Czech interpretation is “a strong and wealthy leader.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Czech interpretation is “a strong and wealthy leader.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Czech.
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
Oldrich through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 9 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 7 in 1922. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1917.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Oldrich’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Oldrich has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ulric. In Slovak usage, Oldrich has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form ULDARICO. Oldrich has a related form in Olda.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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