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Baldric

What does Baldric mean?

Baldric Pronunciation of Baldric as a boys' name is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Baldric is "brave ruler". "Bald" means "brave", while "ric", as in Frederick and Richard, means "ruler". In Rowan Atkinson's TV comic series "Blackadder", Baldric is the buffoon sidekick.

STARTS WITH Ba-

ASSOCIATED WITH brave, ruler (king)

Variations

VARIANTS Balderic, Balderik, Baldrick, Baudric

OTHER FORM VIA FREDERICK, RICHARD Fredric

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Baldric Rick (B.R.), ..

How popular is Baldric?

Baldric is an uncommon first name for men. Baldric is a rare surname too for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Prominent varying forms of Baldric (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) are Richard (#188 IN 2018), Frederick (#496) and Fredric. These forms of Baldric were favored as birth names 8 decades ago (AVERAGE #178) and are now much less conventional (#894, 95.7%), with versions such as Fredric becoming somewhat dated. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Frederick, Fredric, Richard in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Frederick, Richard outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Aaric, Adalric, Alaric, Aldric, Aleric, Allaric, Alleric, Allric, Alric, Andric, Audric, Balbi, Bald, Balder, Baldewin, Baldie, Baldor, Balduin (see Baldwin), Balduino, Baldur, Baldwin, Baldwinn (see Baldwin), Baldwyn (see Baldwin), Balldwin (see Baldwin), Bardric, Bardrich, Bardrick, Bari, Baris, Barric, Barrick, Barrie, Basilic (see Basil), Baudoin, Beric, Broderic (see Broderick), Brodric (see Broderick), Brodrick, Caddaric, Cedric, Chadric, Daric, Dedric, Edric, Godric, Kedric, Kendric, Meldric, Padraic, Padric, Patric, Rhodric, Roddric (see Roderick), Rodric, Sedric, Tedric, Thedric, Ullric and Ulric. These names tend to be more commonly used than Baldric.

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