Amalric Explained
| Amalric |
| Gender: | Masculine |
| Meaning: | Ruler of the Amali |
| Language: | Gothic |
| Alternative Spelling: | Amalaric |
| Variant Forms: | Americ |
| Related Names: | Almerich |
| Cognate: | Emeric |
| Derived: | Amal |
Amalric or Amalaric (also Americ, Almerich, Emeric, Emerick 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:
Amaury (surname/given name), Amalric (surname), Amaurich (surname), Maury (surname)
Amalrich, Emmerich
Amerigo, Arrigo
Imre
Amalricus, Americus, Almericus, Emericus
Έμέρικοσ (Emérikos)
Amalaryk, Amalryk, Emeryk
Emmerik, Amerik, Hamelink, Hamelryck
Amáuri, Américo
Amauri, Américo
Emerik/Емерик
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 I of Jerusalem (1136–1174), King of Jerusalem from 1162 to 1174
- Amalric II of Jerusalem (fl. 1155–1205), King of Jerusalem from 1197 to 1205
- Amalric of Bena (f. 1200–1204), French theologian
- Arnaud Amalric (fl. 1196–1225), seventeenth abbot of Citeaux
- Amaury de Montfort (disambiguation), several individuals including:
- 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.
Surname
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