Given name & surname
Ulrick
“having the power of the wolf; the wolf ruler”
Ulrick is a variant of Ulric. One German interpretation is “having the power of the wolf; the wolf ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ulrick is a variant of Ulric. One German interpretation is “having the power of the wolf; the wolf ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ulrick is a variant of Ulric. An origin associated with Ulric is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ulrick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 85
- 85 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 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 6 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 415 as a first name in 2020; 388 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ulrick
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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