Given name
Ulric
“having the power of the wolf; the wolf ruler”
Ulric is used as a given name. One German interpretation is “having the power of the wolf; the wolf ruler.”
Original GermanUlrich
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “having the power of the wolf; the wolf ruler.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
From Old High German uodil (“heritage, homestead”), from Old English wulf (“wolf”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ulric through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 513
- 513 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,595 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,595 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 594 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ulric’s family of names
In English usage, Ulric shares a linguistic root with the German form Ulrich. Ulric has a related form in Ulrick. In English usage, Ulric has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ulrich.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ulric has relatives in 22 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Ulric comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ulric
- Ulric NeisserAmerican psychologist (1928–2012)
- Ulric I of CarniolaItalian noble1100–1070
- Ulric II of CarniolaItalian nobleman1060–1112
- Ulric GuttinguerFrench writer (1787-1866)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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