Ulrich

Ulrich, formerly Huldrich or Huldrych, is a Germanic name, derived from Old High German Uodalrich (uodal- meaning "heritage" and -rich meaning "powerful"). It is also common as a German language surname. Other names which are related include: Ullrich, Ullerich, Ulricher, Ulrico, Ullmann, Ulke, Utz, Utzmann, Ützle; Jedele, Yetley, Jehle, Jehl, Uller.

The form Ulrich is used not only in German but also in English and French. Equivalents in other languages are: Odalric (Catalan), Oldrich (Slovak), Oldřich (Czech), Ódor (Hungarian), Ulderico (Italian), Uldis (Latvian), Ulrik (Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish), Ulryk (Polish), Huldericus (Latin).

Ulrich may refer to:

Given name

• Ulrich II, Count of Württemberg (ca. 1254-1279), Count of Württemberg
• Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg (after 1286-1392), Count of Württemberg
• Ulrich IV, Count of Württemberg (after 1315-1366), Count of Württemberg
• Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (1527–1603), Duke of Mecklenburg from 1555-56 to 1603
• Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (1487–1550), Duke of Württemberg
• Ulrich Daldrup (b. 1947), Mayor of Aachen and German scientist
• Ulrich Leyendecker (b. 1946), German composer of contemporary classical music
• Ulrich Mühe (1953–2007), German actor
• Ulrich of Augsburg (890-973), Bishop and Saint
• Ulrich of Zell (1029–93), Abbot and Saint
• Ulrich Rülein von Calw (1465 – 1523), mayor of Freiberg, Saxony
• Ulrich Schmid-Maybach, Philanthropist, real estate developer and entrepreneur
• Ulrich Schnauss (b. 1977), German musician
• Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200–1278), medieval poet knight (see also under fictional names)
• Ulrich von Zatzikhoven (c.1200), medieval German poet
• Ulrich Wild, American record producer

• Ulrik of Denmark (1578–1624), Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin
• Ulrik of Denmark (1611–1633), Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin

• Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1535), leader of the Reformation in Switzerland

• Ulrich Mühe (1953-2007), German actor and director

• Ulrich Drepper, a software developer and lead maintainer for GNU libc

Surname

• Benjamin Ulrich (born 1988), a German rugby union international
• Dutch Ulrich (1899–1929), an American baseball player
• Edward Oscar Ulrich (1857-1944), an American invertebrate paleontologist
• Eric Ulrich (born 1985), an American politician from New York City
• Fernando Ulrich (born 1952), a Portuguese economist and banking administrator
• Henry G. Ulrich III, a United States Navy admiral
• Jennifer Ulrich (born 1984), a German actress
• Jan Ullrich (born 1973), a German race cyclist
• Joe Ulrich, an American soccer player
• Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825–1895), a German writer and LGBT activist
• Lars Ulrich (born 1963), a Danish drummer for heavy metal band Metallica
• Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (born 1938), an American historian and writer
• Richard Ulrich, a German board game designer
• Skeet Ulrich (born 1970), American actor (full name: Bryan Ray "Skeet" Ulrich)
• Torben Ulrich (born 1928), a Danish writer and tennis pro
• Charles Peter Ulrich, the former Tsar of Russia later known as Peter III of Russia

Fictional characters

• Ulrich Stern, a character on Code Lyoko
• Ulrich von Liechtenstein (see above), the name taken by Heath Ledger's character in the film A Knight's Tale
• Ulrich, the protagonist of Robert Musil's 20th century novel The Man Without Qualities
• Ulrich, the old sorcerer in the film Dragonslayer.

Places

• St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey, Augsburg
• St. Ulrich's Priory in the Black Forest

Other

• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

See also

• Uli
• Ulric
• Ulrik
• Ulrica
• Ullrich
• Jedele
• Huldreich

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