Eldritch meaning | Last name Eldritch origin

Lastname is the form of Aldrich. Descendant of Alderich meaning noble, ruler. Also sometimes considered a variant of Aldridge, a village from alders, in Staffordshire.

The lastname Eldritch is the variant form of Eldridge. One who came from Elbridge meaning "plank bridge," in Kent.

The lastname is a variant form of the Aldrich. An ancient personal name. As a surname it is found in the Hundred Rolls.

A form of Eldridge. Perhaps local. Eldridge, clriche, or elritch, is, however, a medieval word signifying wild, hideous, ghastly, lonesome, uninhabited except by spectres. In the ballad of Sir Cauline is a description of an "eldridge knight." The fair Christabelle sends her lover on a perilous errand, but forewarns him-
"The Eldridge knight, so mickle of might,
Will examine you beforne:
And never man bare life awaye,
But he did hun scath and scorne.
That knighte he is a fond paynim,
And large of limb and bone;
And but if heaven may be thy speeden,
Thy life it is but gone."