# Alaric

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***Alaric*** is a [masculine](/source/Masculine) [Germanic](/source/German_people) [given name](/source/Given_name) that, broken into its parts, means *Ala* "everyone's" and *ric* "ruler".[1] This has various forms in the several Germanic languages, such as *Alareiks* in [Gothic](/source/Gothic_language) and *Alrekr* in [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse). In modern German, the name normally takes the form *Alarich*; in the Scandinavian languages it takes the form *Alarik*; and in modern English its form is *Alaric*, 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](/source/Visigoths) kings with this name:

- [Alaric I](/source/Alaric_I), who reigned from 395–410, prominent for the [Sack of Rome in 410](/source/Sack_of_Rome_(410))
- [Alaric II](/source/Alaric_II), who reigned from 485–507

There was also a legendary king of Sweden named [Alaric](/source/Alaric_and_Eric).

## Others

- [Alaric Basson](/source/Alaric_Basson) (born 1996), South African swimmer
- [Alaric B. Chapin](/source/Alaric_B._Chapin) (1848–1924), Union Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in the American Civil War
- [Alaric Hall](/source/Alaric_Hall) (born 1979), British medievalist
- [Alaric Jacob](/source/Alaric_Jacob) (1909–1995), British journalist, most active in the period 1940–1960
- [Alaric Jackson](/source/Alaric_Jackson) (born 1998), Canadian-American football player
- [Alaric Jans](/source/Alaric_Jans) (born 1949), American film and theater composer
- [Alaric Rose](/source/Alaric_Rose) (1909–1985), former Dean of Hong Kong
- [Alaric Tay](/source/Alaric_Tay) (born 1979), Singaporean director, producer and actor
- [Alaric Tokpa](/source/Alaric_Tokpa) (born 1958), politician in Liberia
- [Alaric Alexander Watts](/source/Alaric_Alexander_Watts) (1797–1864), British poet and journalist
- [Alaric Alfred Watts](/source/Alaric_Alfred_Watts) (1825–1901), British government clerk and writer
- [Alarik Frithiof Holmgren](/source/Frithiof_Holmgren) (1831–1897), Swedish physician, physiologist, and professor
- [Jayme Alaric de Perpignan](/source/Jayme_Alaric_de_Perpignan) (13th century), Frankish ambassador to the Mongol Empire
- [Juan Pujol García](/source/Juan_Pujol_Garc%C3%ADa) (1912–10 October 1988), codenamed Alaric by Nazi Germany while working as a double-agent spy for Great Britain
- [Leon Alaric Shafer](/source/Leon_Alaric_Shafer) (1866–1940), American artist

## Fictional characters

- Alaric, in the novels of [Phyllis Eisenstein](/source/Phyllis_Eisenstein)
- Alaric, antagonist of [C. L. Moore](/source/C._L._Moore)'s fantasy hero [Jirel of Joiry](/source/Jirel_of_Joiry)
- [Alaric Morgan](/source/Alaric_Morgan), in the *Deryni* series of historical fantasy novels by Katherine Kurtz
- [Alaric Saltzman](/source/Alaric_Saltzman), in *[The Vampire Diaries](/source/The_Vampire_Diaries)*
- Alaric Stark, in the fantasy novel *[Fire & Blood](/source/Fire_%26_Blood_(book))* written by [George R. R. Martin](/source/George_R._R._Martin)
- Alaric Tudor, in the novel *[The Three Clerks](/source/The_Three_Clerks)* by Anthony Trollope

## Other uses

- [HMS *Alaric* (P441)](/source/HMS_Alaric_(P441)), a British Royal Navy submarine

## See also

- [Alarico](/source/Alarico)
- [Eric](/source/Eric)

## References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). [*A Dictionary of First Names*](https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC). Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). p. 45. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. [OCLC 67869278](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67869278). Retrieved 20 November 2024.

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