Comments for the name Alaric

The Old German Alarich (Alderich), has left its mark in Estonia in the form of the common names: Alar, Alari and Allar.

This is a great rarely used historical name. It sounds strong and has great rhythm; Alec could be a nickname.

Swedish version is Alrik, very old.

Alaric is the name of one of the main characters in the Withern Rise Trilogy by Michael Lawrence.

I've seen this name on a teenage girl on MTV a year ago or so. It's awful on a girl, it's as simple as that. Some names aren't destined to be used as unisex names (although there IS a bunch of male names that I love on girls and vice versa).

The Spanish form of this name is : Alarico.

This is my actual name. People can never seem to pronounce it right. =/

Alaric seems like a very strong and masculine name, but I don't think it would suit any person. "Ruler of all" can maybe be too much for a kid to bear.

My name is Alaric and I love having this name. Sure it was always annoying when there would be a substitute teacher in school and hear them butcher it, but it has always been a prideful thing for me. I like that I have no friends that share my name and I think that it has shaped me to be more unique and I also strive to be the best in most things I do; I suppose I need to to live up to the title of "all ruler." It is a great name that I intend to pass on if the opportunity presents itself. And I must agree that it is a terrible girl's name!

I love this name. I just recently heard it used as the history teacher's name on the tv show The Vampire Diaries. It's such a great old sounding name!

Alaric Saltzman is the teacher/vampire slayer on the TV show The Vampire Diaries.

The variant, Aleric, is the name of the title character in the book, Aleric, Monster Hunter by Fred Wiehe.

The 'Vampire Diaries' character bearing this name pronounces it as ə-LAR-ik.

One of the handsomest names ever for a boy. Great meaning, and can easily be shortened to Al, Alec, Larry, Rick or Ricky.