Save Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History Derived from the Old German elements hilt "battle" and rih "ruler, king". Hilderic was a 6th-century king of the Vandals. This name was also borne by three early Merovingian Frankish kings, though their name is usually spelled as Childeric. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootshildi/hilt + rik/rihVariantChildericOther Languages & CulturesHildirīks(Old Germanic) User SubmissionHildéric Categories authors, kings, leadership, royalty, war Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 834.
