Amalric

Amalric
Origin
Gender	Masculine
Language(s)	Gothic
Meaning	Ruler of the Amali
Other names
Alternative spelling	Amalaric
Variant form(s)	Americ
Cognate(s)	Emeric
Derived	Amal
Related names	Almerich

Named derived from the Gothic language

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:

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 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
Amerigo Vespucci (1451–1512), Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term "America" is derived.