Alaric is a
masculine
Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, and there is also evidence that some behaviors con ...
Germanic given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
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. 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 kings with this name:
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Alaric I
Alaric I (; got, 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃, , "ruler of all"; c. 370 – 410 AD) was the first 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 ...
, who reigned from 395–410, prominent for the
Sack of Rome in 410
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Alaric II, who reigned from 485–507
There was a legendary king of Sweden named
Alaric.
Others
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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
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Alaric Hall (born 1979), British medievalist
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Alaric Jacob, British journalist, most active in the period 1940–1960
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Alaric Jans (born 1949), American film and theater composer
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Alaric Tay
Alaric Tay (born Tay Liang Hoong; born 26 June 1979), is a Singaporean director, producer and actor.
Early life
Tay was born in Singapore and raised in a strict Christian family. Tay would later passionately pursue entertainment as the career ...
(born 1979), Singaporean director, producer and actor
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Alaric Tokpa
Alaric Kormu Tokpa is a Liberian politician and political scientist. He ran alongside George Klay Kieh in the New Deal Movement and, as a pair, received 0.5% of the vote in the 11 October 2005 presidential election. Tokpa has been pursuing a Ph.D. ...
, politician in Liberia
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Alaric Alexander Watts (1797–1864), British poet and journalist
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Juan Pujol García (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 ...
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Alaric Morgan, in the ''Deryni'' series of historical fantasy novels by Katherine Kurtz
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Alaric Saltzman, in ''The Vampire Diaries''
* Alaric Stark, in the fantasy novel ''
Fire & Blood Fire and Blood may refer to:
* ''Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico'', a 1973 book by T. R. Fehrenbach
* ''Fire and Blood'' (Manowar DVD), a 1998 music DVD by Manowar
* ''Fire and Blood'' (Daugherty), a 2003 composition for solo violin and orche ...
'' written by
George R. R. Martin
See also
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Alarico Fernandes, Timorese politician and independence activist
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Eric
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Germanic given names
Masculine given names