Given name
Alarice
“ruler of all”·“a noble ruler”
Alarice is a feminine form of Alaric. One German interpretation is “a noble ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Alarice carries the interpretation “ruler of all.” Alarice is a feminine form of Alaric. One German interpretation is “a noble ruler.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
Alarice is used as a feminine counterpart of Alaric.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alarice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1952.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alarice’s family of names
Alarice is a feminine form of Alaric. Alarice has a related form in Alarica. Alarice has a related form in Alaricia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Allaricelikely variant
- Alryquevariant
- Alrycavariant
- Alricavariant
- Alariciavariant
- Alarisavariant
- Alaricavariant
- Allarycevariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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