The English surname Elrick, and it's variants Aldrich, Aldrick, Aldridge, Elderidge, Elerick, Elrich and Oldridge, is of the patronymic origin, derived from the first name of the father of the initial bearer.     In this instance, this indicates "Son of Elrick", a variant of either Elfric, composed of "Elf" meaning "elf" and "rihhi" meaning "Rule", of Edelrick which is derived from "Adel meaning "noble"and "rihhi".    Both of these survived the Conquest, but at that time the first elements "ELf" and "Edel" had been reduced to "Al" or "El"and consequently it is impossible to distinguish between them.    However this surname is also found in Scotland in he Aberdeenshire and parts of Banffshire.    Here the name is of loponymic origin, denoting "one who came Elrick", the name of more than half a dozen small places in Scotland.   The earliest records of this surname or a variant is of English origin.    In 1066 the Domes day Book contains references to Elfrick,  Alfric and Aluric and in 1095 one Hugo Eluric Filius is mentioned. Richardus Aluric appears in the Pipe Rolls of Wiltshire in 1209 , and William Alfric is listed in the Curia Regis Rolls of Berkshire in 1212.   Roger Elrich is Mentioned in the Liber memorandom Ecclesie De Bernewelle,  Cambridgeshire,  in 1279 and William Eldrich is recorded in Surrey in 1335.    In Scotland one Alexander Elrick is Listed as being concerned in an action about the ownership of corn in 1510.    John and Andrew Elrick are mentioned in the same record in 1574 and another John Elrick was a witness in an Aberdeen witch trial in 1597.    Alexander Elrick  is recorded in Webster craigui in 1791 and another Alexander Elrick,  a farmer in Invernetti, was retoured heir to his father in 1803.