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1. English: from a Middle English personal name, Baldrik (see Baldree). In the British Isles, the name now occurs chiefly in northeastern England.
2. Possibly an altered spelling of the cognate German name Baldrich.

(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)

Baldridge:
1. English: from a Middle English personal name, Baldrik (see Baldree). In the British Isles, the name now occurs chiefly in northeastern England.
2. Possibly an altered spelling of the cognate German name Baldrich [see Baldric in BtN's database].

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Baldree:
1. Variant of English Baldry.

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Baldry:
1. English: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’ + rîc ‘power’ [see Baldric in BtN's database]. This may have been present in Old English in a form Bealdrîc, but it was reintroduced by the Normans as Baldri, Baudri, and it is from these forms that the surname is derived.

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Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press. http://snipurl.com/cs6e.

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EDIT: Fixed formatting.

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Miranda
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