Godric

Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Pronounced Pron. /ˈɡod.riːk/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "god's ruler", derived from Old English god combined with ric "ruler, king". This name died out a few centuries after the Norman Conquest.

Related Names

Rootsgod + ric

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Sources & References

  1. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
  2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 263.
Entry updated December 1, 2024