Ælfric

Ælfric (Old English , Middle English Elfric) is an Anglo-Saxon given name, consisting of the elements ælf, "elf" and ric, "a powerful person, ruler".

Churchmen

• Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955–c. 1010), late 10th century Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer
• Ælfric of Abingdon (died 1005), late 10th century Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury
• Ælfric Bata (or "the bat") (fl. 1005)
• Ælfric Puttoc (died 1051), 11th century Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of York
• Ælfric of Crediton, late 10th century Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Crediton
• Ælfric (Bishop of Hereford), mid 10th century Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Hereford
• Ælfric of Ramsbury (fl. 940s), Bishop of Ramsbury
• Ælfric (archbishop-elect of Canterbury) (fl. 1050), Benedictine monk elected to but denied the see of Canterbury
• Ælfric I (died c. 973), Bishop of Elmham
• Ælfric II (died 1038), Bishop of Elmham
• Ælfric III (died c. 1042), Bishop of Elmham

Laymen

• Ælfric Cild, late 10th century Anglo-Saxon Ealdorman of Mercia
• Ælfric of Hampshire, late 10th century/early 11th century Anglo-Saxon Ealdorman of Hampshire
• Ælfric Modercope, 11th century Anglo-Danish thegn

See also

• Elfric (comics), an antagonist in the fantasy comic series Sláine
• Aubrey