Godric

GOH-drik

An old English name meaning “divine ruler” or “God’s rule.”

Meaning

The excerpts gloss Godric as “divine king” and, more specifically, as meaning “divine rule.” That points to an old English/Germanic compound built from a God- element plus a rule/kingly element, giving the sense of “God’s rule” or “divinely ruled.”

Origin

Old EnglishGermanicmasculine

Fun fact

The excerpt notes that the name was common enough in medieval England that it helped produce the surname Goodrich.

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Confidence: sourced. Sources: History of Christian Names, Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature.

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