Ælfric

Ælfric (also Aelfric, Aelfricus or Alfric ) is an Anglo-Saxon male given name . The name is composed of the elements Ælf- (= "elf") and -ric (= "mighty, ruler"). Significant namesake were:

• Ælfric (Ramsbury) , Bishop of Ramsbury (942–949 / 950)
• Ælfric (Hereford) , Bishop of Hereford (around 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 – around 987)
• Ælfric (Mercia) , Ealdorman of Mercia (983–985)
• Ælfric (Hampshire) , Ealdorman of Hampshire (around 983-1016)
• Ælfric (Canterbury) , (also Ælfric of Abingdon) Bishop of Ramsbury (around 992–1005), Archbishop of Canterbury (995–1005)
• Ælfric Bata , monk (around 1005)
• Ælfric Grammaticus , Abbot of Eynsham, scholar (1005 – around 1010)
• Ælfric II (Elmham) , Bishop of Elmham (1023? -1038)
• Ælfric III. (Elmham) , Bishop of Elmham (1039 – around 1042)
• Ælfric Puttoc , Bishop of Worcester (around 1040-1041), Archbishop of York (1023-1051)