Ulick
Appearance
Pronunciation | /ˈjuːlɪk/ YOO-lik |
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Gender | Masculine |
Language(s) | English |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Irish |
Word/name | Uilleac, Uilleag |
Ulick is a masculine given name in the English language. It is an Anglicised form of the Irish Uilleac and Uilleag. These Irish names are of an uncertain origin, although they are thought most probably to be derived from the Old Norse Hugleikr. This Old Norse name is composed of two elements: the first, hugr, means "heart", "mind", "spirit"; the second element, leikr, means "play", "sport". The other possibility is that the Irish names are diminutive forms of Uilliam, the Irish form of the English William.[1]
List of people with the name
[edit]- Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Baronet (died 1708), Irish County Galway landowner and politician
- Ulick Bourke (1829–1887), Irish scholar and writer who founded the Gaelic Union, which developed into the Gaelic League
- Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (born 1604), Irish nobleman and figure in English Civil War
- Ulick Burke, 3rd Earl of Clanricarde, Irish peer, died 1601
- Ulick Burke (politician) (born 1943), Irish Fine Gael politician
- (Ulick) Peter Burke, British historian
- Ulick Burke of Annaghkeen (died 1353), Irish nobleman, the third son of William Liath Burke
- Ulick Burke of Umhaill (died 1343), the son of Richard an Forbair de Burke, and grandson of William Liath Burke
- Ulick Considine (1901–1950), born in Himachal Pradesh, a cricketer who played as an amateur for Somerset
- Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde KP, PC (1802–1874), British Whig politician
- Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin (1827–1867), Anglo-Irish soldier and politician
- Ulick Lupede (born 1984), French footballer
- Ulick McEvaddy, former Irish army officer and native of Swinford County Mayo
- Ulick na gCeann Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde (died 1544), 12th Clanricarde and 1st Earl of Clanricarde
- Ulick Nally, parish priest, fl. 1680–1697
- Ulick O'Connor (1928–2019), Irish writer, historian and critic
- Ulick Varange, pen name of the American far-right political philosopher Francis Parker Yockey (1917–1960)
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 357, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1