Given name
Ulrik
“having the power of the wolf; the wolf ruler”
Ulrik is a variant of Ulric. One German interpretation is “having the power of the wolf; the wolf ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ulrik 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
Ulrik is a variant of Ulric. An origin associated with Ulric is German. In Scandinavian use, Ulrik shares an earlier linguistic root with Ulrich. An origin associated with Ulrich is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From German Ulrich, from Old High German Uodalrich, built from Old High German uodal (“heritage, homestead”) + rihhi (“ruler”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ulrik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 69 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,744 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,744 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ulrik’s family of names
Ulrik shares a linguistic root with Ulrich. Ulrik has a related form in Ulric. In Swedish usage, Ulrik was borrowed from the German form Ulrich.
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Around the world
Ulrik has relatives in 7 languages.
8 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ulrichcognate · German
- Ulrikafeminine form · Swedish
- Ulrickequivalent
- Uldericoequivalent
- Uularikborrowing · Greenlandic
- UlrykPolish
- UldaricoSpanish
- UlricoSpanish
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People named Ulrik
- Ulrik JanssonSwedish footballerborn 1968
- Ulrik Frederik GyldenløveDanish noble and general (1638-1704)
- Ulrik le FevreDanish footballer (1946–2024)
- Ulrik Yttergård JenssenNorwegian association football playerborn 1996
- Ulrik Neumannactor, musician (1918–1994)
- Ulrik WilbekDanish politician and former handball coachborn 1958
- Ulrik SaltnesNorwegian association football playerborn 1992
- Ulrik Christian Gyldenløvecommander-in-chief of the Danish army during the Dano-Swedish War1630–1658
- Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø17th and 18th-century Danish nobleman and admiral (1678–1719)
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