Heidrick History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany

Early Origins of the Heidrick family

The surname Heidrick was first found in Silesia where they held a family seat. Literal translation of the name places it as a 'Combatant Ruler' or sometimes a 'Heathland Ruler'. In the old German the name was 'Hadu-ric'. The family held considerable estates in Germany.

Early History of the Heidrick family

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Heidrick Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Hedrick, Hedrich, Heidenreich, Heydenreich, Heidenrich, Heidenrick, Heidrick, Heidrich, Hiedrich, Hiedrick, Heidrig and many more.

Early Notables of the Heidrick family

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Heidrick Ranking

the United States, the name Heidrick is the 16,506^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Heidrick migration to the United States +

Heidrick Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Abraham Heidrick, who landed in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in 1743 2
Balthazar Heidrick, who arrived in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in 1743 2
George Heidrick, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1743 2
Henrich Nickel Heidrick, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1767 2
Heinrich Heidrick, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1767

Contemporary Notables of the name Heidrick (post 1700) +

Gardner Heidrick, American co-founder of Heidrick & Struggles International, an international executive search and management consulting company in 1953
R. Emmet "Snags" Heidrick (1876-1916), American Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Cardinals, and St. Louis Browns between 1898 and 1908

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)