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VORICH | VUERICH

Vorich, absolutely rare, is from Trieste, Vuerich is very widespread throughout Friuli, in particular in Udinese Pontebba, Tarvisio, Malborghetto Valbruna and Udine, may derive from Ladin contamination of the Slovenian term Voger (Hungarian), to Perhaps indicate a Hungarian origin of the ancestor, but it is also possible to derive from modifications of the name Goto Wudericus or even from the medieval Germanic name Wodrich or Wudrick Latinized in Wulricus of which we have an example in this act of the year 1002: " Year Incarnationis Dominicae thousandth. II. The title of the Conspiciuntur......, his unanimous conspirantibus, consented on quorum uocabula Hinc Profundius noted...... Ego Godwinus + Abbas Ego Wulricus + Abbas Ego Ælferus + Abbas... ".

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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