Ulrich

UWL-rik

German

"rich and noble heritage"

Ulrich Origin and Meaning

The name Ulrich is a boy's name of German origin meaning "rich and noble heritage".

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.

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Famous People Named Ulrich

• 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

The name 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"
• Ulrich means Handsome Wolf