Edrick

Edrick is a form of Edric, from an Old English name combining elements for wealth or prosperity and rulership. Its history reaches back beyond the modern habit of joining two familiar names. A family might use Edrick to echo Edward and Frederick, but that personal explanation is different from the older Edric derivation.

The added k makes the final consonant explicit in English spelling. Edric appears in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels, while Australian rugby player Edrick Lee provides a bearer of this exact form. Ed is a straightforward short form shared with several other names, allowing the full name to retain its distinctive ending.