Gauderique
Germanic · Boy · 3 syllables
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About the name Gauderique
The name 'Gauderique' means "ruler of the spear" or "spear-power," derived from the Germanic elements *gauda* (spear) and *rīk* (ruler, power).
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Etymology
The name 'Gauderique' means "ruler of the spear" or "spear-power," derived from the Germanic elements *gauda* (spear) and *rīk* (ruler, power). It is primarily used in French and Occitan cultures, historically associated with early medieval Frankish nobility and occasionally appearing in Catholic hagiography via Saint Gauderique, a 7th-century bishop of Cambrai.
Gauderique currently ranks #651 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1908.
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