Alaric Forename

176,759th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,857 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Alaric Forename Definition:

A male name. Old German Alaricus, compound of ala ‘all’ and ricja ‘rule’; the name of several kings of the West Goths, notably Alaric I who sacked Rome in a.d. 410. Occasionally used as a christian name since the beginning of the 19th C.

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Alaric Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
8471:428,02511,893
England
100%
2381:233,6266,507
Philippines
99%
 
1841:576,13818,428
South Africa
100%
1001:545,32625,383
France
100%
571:1,166,1468,576
India
100%
551:22,088,690504,535
Canada
100%
501:662,66715,630
Liberia
100%
461:95,9144,214
DR Congo
100%
271:2,734,35659,996
Cameroon
100%
261:831,17323,165
Malaysia
100%
201:1,522,49747,664
Australia-151:910,50811,282
Jamaica-141:205,9456,774
Brazil
100%
141:15,302,582163,580
Singapore
100%
121:523,92111,491
Thailand
100%
101:7,006,581112,087
Ghana
100%
91:2,998,4685,965
Germany-91:10,741,98635,913
Belgium
100%
81:1,436,25515,198
Indonesia
100%
81:32,245,458686,574
Solomon Islands-81:72,6204,185
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
71:194,48810,722
Wales
100%
61:515,7186,554
China-61:227,675,96474,319
Hong Kong-61:1,292,1216,806
Mexico
100%
51:24,828,88553,479
Guyana-51:152,65210,224
Russia-41:36,058,42683,389
Morocco-41:8,587,15911,086
Switzerland
100%
31:2,737,83221,065
Scotland
100%
31:1,783,45514,297
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Nigeria
100%
21:88,782,180420,186
Saint Lucia
100%
21:88,9085,280
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
21:55,7904,636
Venezuela-21:15,100,946147,145
United States Virgin Islands-21:54,8743,819
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Denmark-21:2,824,74921,465
Guatemala
100%
21:8,054,21410,362
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Gabon
100%
11:1,883,3364,538
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Papua New Guinea-11:8,152,314202,620
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Kyrgyzstan
100%
11:5,973,27746,622
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Montserrat-11:4,876752
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526

The alternate forms: Aláric (1) are calculated separately.

Alaric (296) may also be a surname.

Alaric Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Old German Alaricus, compound of ala ‘all’ and ricja ‘rule’; the name of several kings of the West Goths, notably Alaric I who sacked Rome in a.d. 410. Occasionally used as a christian name since the beginning of the 19th C.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

M. A contraction of the long obsolete Athalaric, which, via the A. -S. Æthelric, derives from the Teutonic for ‘noble king’. Popular in C19 but now held to be ‘literary’ if not, indeed, affected. Those pacifist fathers who christen thus their sons might remember that the most distinguished Alaric of all is that King of the Western Goths who, in 410 A. D., sacked Rome as ruthlessly as thoroughly. ‘Tis a fighting word. (See also Ulric.)

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

From the old Gothic name Alareiks, from all-reich, very powerful, prœpotens: Wachter.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Teutonic (masculine) - Noble ruler.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Gothic name, meaning: All ruler.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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