Ulrich

Ulrich is a boy's baby name of German origin, derived from the Old High German Uodalrich, combining uodal ('heritage, ancestral estate') and rīhhi ('power, ruler'), meaning 'ruler of the ancestral estate' or 'powerful heritage.'

Ulrich was the name of the 10th-century Bishop of Augsburg, who became one of the first people formally canonized by a pope — Saint Ulrich of Augsburg. The name was common throughout medieval Germany and retains a solid, old-world gravitas. It is gaining quiet interest among parents who appreciate deeply rooted Germanic names with genuine historical weight.