Alaric is a

masculine Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, and there is also evidence that some beh ...

Germanic

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that, broken into its parts means ''Ala'' "everyone's" and ''ric'' "ruler". This has various forms in the several Germanic languages, such as ''Alareiks'' in the original Gothic and ''Alrekr'' in

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

. Most modern Germanic languages render it as ''Alarich'' or ''Alarik'' but ''Alaric'' is the form used in modern English, an adaptation of the Latinization (''Alaricus'') of the Gothic one—there is also the alternative Latinization ''Alarichus'' from Greek ''Ἀλάριχος'' --. In Italian, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish it is ''Alarico''.

Kings

There were two

Visigothic The Visigoths (; ) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity. The Visigoths first appeared in the Balkans, as a Roman-allied barbarian military group united under the comman ...

kings with this name: *

Alaric I Alaric I (; , 'ruler of all'; ; – 411 AD) was the first Germanic kingship, king of the Visigoths, from 395 to 410. He rose to leadership of the Goths who came to occupy Moesia—territory acquired a couple of decades earlier by a combine ...

, who reigned from 395–410, prominent for the Sack of Rome in 410 *

Alaric II Alaric II (, , 'ruler of all'; ; – August 507) was the King of the Visigoths from 484 until 507. He succeeded his father Euric as King of the Visigoths in Toulouse on 28 December 484; he was the great-grandson of the more famous Alaric I, who ...

, who reigned from 485–507 There was a legendary king of Sweden named Alaric.

Others

* Alaric B. Chapin (June 18, 1848–November 27, 1924), Union Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in the American Civil War *

Alaric Hall Alaric Hall (born 1979) is a British philologist who is an associate professor of English and former director of the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds. He has, since 2009, been the editor of the academic journal '' Leeds ...

(born 1979), British medievalist *

Alaric Jacob Harold Alaric Jacob (8 June 1909 – 26 January 1995) was an English writer and journalist. He was a Reuters correspondent in Washington in the 1930s and a war correspondent during World War II in North Africa, Burma and Moscow. Early life Ala ...

, British journalist, most active in the period 1940–1960 * Alaric Jans (born 1949), American film and theater composer * Alaric Tay (born 1979), Singaporean director, producer and actor * Alaric Tokpa, politician in Liberia * Alaric Alexander Watts (1797–1864), British poet and journalist *

Juan Pujol García Juan Pujol García (; 14 February 1912 – 10 October 1988), also known as Joan Pujol i García (), was a Spanish spy who acted as a double agent loyal to Great Britain against Nazi Germany during World War II, when he relocated to Britain t ...

(1912–10 October 1988), codenamed Alaric by Nazi Germany while working as a double-agent spy for Great Britain

Fictional characters

* Alaric, in the novels of

Phyllis Eisenstein Phyllis Eisenstein (February 26, 1946 – December 7, 2020) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy short stories as well as novels. Her work was nominated for both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. Early life Eisenstein was born Phy ...

* Alaric Morgan, in the ''Deryni'' series of historical fantasy novels by Katherine Kurtz *

Alaric Saltzman ''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American fantasy-drama television series which was first broadcast on The CW from 2009 to 2017, airing 171 episodes over 8 seasons. Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec adapted the TV series from L.J. Smith's n ...

, in ''

The Vampire Diaries ''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the The Vampire Diaries (novel series), book series ...

'' * Alaric Stark, in the fantasy novel '' Fire & Blood'' written by

George R. R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948) also known by the initials G.R.R.M. is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the unfinished series of Hi ...

* Alaric Tudor, in the novel ''

The Three Clerks ''The Three Clerks'' (1857) is a novel by Anthony Trollope, set in the lower reaches of the Civil Service. It draws on Trollope's own experiences as a junior clerk in the General Post Office, and has been called the most autobiographical of Trol ...

'' by Anthony Trollope

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