Amalric

{{Infobox given name | name = Amalric | image = | caption = | romanisation = | pronunciation = | gender = Masculine | masculine = | feminine = | meaning = Ruler of the Amali | motto = | region = | language = Gothic | languageorigin = | origin = | alternative spelling = Amalaric | nickname = | shortform = | petname = | variant forms = Americ | related names = Almerich | cognate = Emeric | anglicisation = | name day = | derived = Amal | derivative = | derivation = | seealso = | popularity = | footnotes = }} {{short description|Named derived from the Gothic language}} '''Amalric''' or '''Amalaric''' (also Americ, Almerich, Emerich, Emeric, Emerick, Emerik and other variations) is a personal name derived from the tribal name ''Amal'' (referring to the Gothic Amali) and ''ric'' (Gothic ''reiks'') meaning "ruler, prince".

Equivalents in different languages include: *French: Amaury (surname/given name), Amalric (surname), Amaurich (surname), Maury (surname) *German: Amalrich, Emmerich *Italian: Amerigo, Arrigo *Hungarian: Imre *Latin: Amalricus, Americus, Almericus, Emericus *Greek: Έμέρικος (Emérikos) *Polish: Amalaryk, Amalryk, Emeryk *Dutch: Emmerik, Amerik, Hamelink, Hamelryck *Portuguese: Amáuri, Américo *Spanish: Amauri, Américo *Serbo-Croatian: Emerik/Емерик *Arabic: عَمُورِي (ʻAmūrī)

==Given name== * Amalaric (502–531), King of the Visigoths from 526 to 531 * Malaric (fl. 585), King of the Suevi * Amaury, Count of Valenciennes (fl. 953–973) * Amalric of Nesle (fl. 1151–1180), Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1158 to 1180 * Amalric, King of Jerusalem (1136–1174), King of Jerusalem from 1163 to 1174 * Aimery of Cyprus (bef. 1155–1205), King of Jerusalem from 1198 to 1205, Lord of Cyprus from 1194 to 1196 and King of Cyprus from 1196 to 1205 * Amalric of Bena (fl. 1200–1204), French theologian * Arnaud Amalric (fl. 1196–1225), seventeenth abbot of Citeaux * Amaury de Montfort, several individuals including: ** Amaury de Montfort (died 1241) (1195–1241), crusader * Amalric, Lord of Tyre (c. 1272–1310), Governor of Cyprus from 1306 to 1310 * Amerigo Vespucci (1451–1512), Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term "America" is derived. * Louis Marie Jacques Amalric de Narbonne-Lara (1755–1813), vicomte de Narbonne-Lara, French nobleman, soldier and diplomat

==Surname== * Arnaud Amalric (died 1225), Cistercian abbot * Catherine Amalric (born 1964), French politician * Mathieu Amalric (born 1965), French actor and director * Leonid Amalrik (1905–1997), Soviet animator * Andrei Amalrik (1938–1980), Soviet dissident

==See also== * Almeric, a given name * Amaury (disambiguation), a French alternative spelling * Emery (name)

Category:Masculine given names