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