Amalric
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".
| Gender | Masculine |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Gothic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Ruler of the Amali |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Amalaric |
| Variant form(s) | Americ |
| Cognate(s) | Emeric |
| Derived | Amal |
| Related names | Almerich |
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: Emerikos
- Polish: Amalaryk, Amalryk, Emeryk
- Dutch: Emmerik, Amerik, Hamelink
- Portuguese: Amauri, Américo, América
- Spanish: Américo
- Serbo-Croatian: Mirko
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:
- Amaury de Montfort (died 1241) (1195–1241), crusader
- Amalric, Lord of Tyre (c. 1272 – 1310), Governor of Cyprus from 1306 to 1310
- Amalric Gérard (born 1980), French actor
- Amauri Saad (born 1980), Brazilian jurist
Surname
- Arnaud Amalric (died 1225), Cistercian abbot
- Mathieu Amalric (born 1965), French actor and director
- Leonid Amalrik (1905–1997), Soviet animator
- Andrei Amalrik (1938–1980), Soviet dissident
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