Tedric Forename

619,385th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 213 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Tedric Forename Definition:

A male name. Old German Thiudoricus, compound of theuda ‘folk’, ‘people’, and ricja ‘rule’. There was a corresponding Old English name Theodric. It appears in Domesday Book as Teodric, Theodric, Tedric. The usual Middle English form was Terry from Old French Thierry, or Terrick; hence the surnames Terry, Terrey, Terick, Terrick.

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Tedric Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
1851:1,959,65932,868
New Caledonia-171:15,8921,309
Canada-31:11,044,45776,719
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
South Africa
100%
21:27,266,324304,698
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340

Tedric Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Old German Thiudoricus, compound of theuda ‘folk’, ‘people’, and ricja ‘rule’. There was a corresponding Old English name Theodric. It appears in Domesday Book as Teodric, Theodric, Tedric. The usual Middle English form was Terry from Old French Thierry, or Terrick; hence the surnames Terry, Terrey, Terick, Terrick. C. W. Bardsley, Dictionary of English and WelshSurnames (pub. 1901) gives an example of Terye as a christian name as late as 1629. Theodoric was occasionally revived in the 18th C. Terry has been used as a christian name in recent times, but apparently always with reference to the surname. See further under Derek.

Teodric, Theodric, Tedric Domesday Book 1086. Tericus Curia Regis Rolls 1199. Terry Hundred Rolls 1273. Terricus Hundred Rolls 1273, Testa de Neville, or Book of Fees, temp. Hen. III-Edw. I 13th C.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A Teutonic name, meaning: People’s ruler.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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