indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsAldrych, Aldred, Aldren, Aldric, Aldrick, Aldrige, Aldritch, Alldric, Alldrich, Alldrick, Alldridge, Aldrich
Meaning & History
habitational name from a place in the West Midlands called Aldridge; it is recorded in Domesday Book as Alrewic, from Old English alor ‘alder’ + wīc ‘dwelling’, ‘farmstead’.