Date
Name Chlodoric
Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Germanic, History
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Meaning & History
Derived from Old High German #hlûd# "famous" combined with #rîcja# "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic #rîg# or #rix# and Gothic #reiks#, which all mean "king, ruler." Chlodoric lived in the 6th century AD and was the son of Sigobert the Lame, a Frankish king of Cologne.