Ælfric
Ælfric (also Aelfric, Aelfricus or Alfric ) is an Anglo-Saxon male first name. The name is from the elements AELF ( = " elf " ) and ric ( = " powerful ruler " ) composed. Significant bearers of the name were:
- Ælfric ( Ramsbury ), Bishop of Ramsbury ( 942-949/950 )
- Ælfric ( Hereford ), Bishop of Hereford ( to 934/940-949/971 )
- Ælfric ( Malmesbury ), Abbot of Malmesbury (fl. 963-975 )
- Ælfric I. ( Elmham ), Bishop of Elmham (fl. 964-974 )
- Ælfric ( Crediton ), Bishop of Crediton (around 978 to 987 )
- Ælfric ( Mercia ), ealdorman of Mercia ( 983-985 )
- Ælfric ( Hampshire), ealdorman of Hampshire ( about 983-1016 )
- Ælfric ( Canterbury ), ( also Ælfric of Abingdon ) Bishop of Ramsbury (around 992-1005 ), Archbishop of Canterbury ( 995-1005 )
- Ælfric Bata, Monk ( 1005 )
- Ælfric Grammaticus, Abbot of Eynsham, scholar ( 1005 to 1010)
- Ælfric II ( Elmham ), Bishop of Elmham ( 1023? -1038 )
- Ælfric III. ( Elmham ), Bishop of Elmham ( 1039- to 1042 )
- Ælfric Puttoc, Bishop of Worcester ( 1040-1041 at ) Archbishop of York ( 1023-1051 )
- Male first name