Ulrich
About Ulrich
Ulrich has ancient roots — it was derived from the Old High German name Uodalrich (also spelled Odalric). Ulrich was a common given name in medieval Germany, when it was associated with St. Ulrich of Augsburg. St. Ulrich is the patron saint of pregnant women and easy births.
Ulrich was a popular baby name in midcentury Switzerland and its international variants are currently fashionable elsewhere in Europe. The Scandinavian form, Ulrik, ranks among the Top 50 boy names in Norway, and Urh, the Slovene variation, is in the Slovenian Top 100.
Pronounced OOL-rik.
As of October 2026, Ulrich ranked #5587 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2524 in 1959.
Editor's take: The name Ulrich is a boy's name of German origin meaning "rich and noble heritage".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Ulrich on lists
Famous Ulrichs
- Ulrich of Augsburg
German bishop; first saint canonized by the Pope
- Ulrich
Duke of Württemberg
- Ulrich Zwingli
Swiss reformer
- Ulrich
Duke of Mecklenburg
- Ulrich Schnauss
German techno musician
- Ulrich Wild
Swiss,American record producer
- Ulrich von Wilamowitz
Moellendorff, German classical philologist
- (Karl Emil Julius) Ulrich Salchow
Swedish figure skater, originator of the salchow jump
- Ulrich Thomsen
Danish actor
- (Friedrich Hans) Ulrich Mühe
German actor
- Ulrich "Rick" Fox
Canadian basketball player
Ulrich in pop culture
- Johann Ulrich Voss
fictional 'German explorer in Australia, 1845' in Voss (1957) by Patrick White
- Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein
alias of character in the movie "A Knight's Tale"
- Ulrich Stern
character in TV series "Code Lyoko"
- Ulrich
character in movie "Dragonslayer"
- Ulrich
character in Robert Musil's "The Man Without Qualities"
- Ulrich von Gradwitz
character in Saki's short story 'The Interlopers"
- Ulrich Nielsen
character from TV series "Dark"
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