Eadric

Eadric (also Edric, Adric, Eadrich, Edricus, Edrig or Ædric ) is an Anglo-Saxon male given name . The name is composed of the elements ead- (= "wealth, luck, prosperity") and -ric (= "ruler, mighty, rich"). Significant namesake were:

• Eadric (Kent) , King of Kent (685-686)
• Eadric (Wessex) , Ealdorman von Wessex (fl. 942-949)
• Eadric Streona , Ealdorman of Mercia (fl. 1007-1016)
• Eadric (Malmsbury) , Abbot of Malmsbury (fl. 1021x1023)
• Eadric Cild (also Eadric Silvaticus), a leader of the Anglo-Saxon resistance against the Normans (fl. 1067-1072)
• Edric Bastyan , Governor of South Australia (1961-1968) and Tasmania (1968-1973)