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CHILDERIC

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The name CHILDERIC derives from HILDERIC, and may have Ancient Germanic origins.

Derived from Old Norse hildr "battle" combined with rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic rîg or rix and Gothic reiks, which all mean "king, ruler." Hilderic was king of the Vandals and the Alans in the 6th century AD.

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