Alarik
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Alaric (Visigoth king)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɑɫəɹɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Alarik is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 2.6K(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 34K
- NLNetherlands1 in 785K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 21 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)
2,131 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Alaric (Visigoth king)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Alarik counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | 2,131 | 1 in 2.6K | 6.1K | Alarik | 10 |
| SE Sweden | 300 | 1 in 34K | 300 | Alarik | 3 |
| US United States | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 7.6M | 11 | Alarik | 21 |
| NL Netherlands | 22 | 1 in 785K | 22 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 4 | 1 in 9.6M | 4 | — | — |
2,131 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Frithiof Holmgrenb. 1831SEnot in their usual nameSwedish physiologist
- Aarne Orjatsalob. 1883FInot in their usual nameFinnish actor, theater manager, writer, revolutionary and soldier
- Juhani Siljob. 1888FInot in their usual nameFinnish poet, journalist
- Uuno Laaksob. 1896FInot in their usual nameFinnish actor
- Georg Nyblomb. 1900SEnot in their usual nameSwedish politician
- Alarik Häggblomb. 1914FIFinnish politician (1914–1995)
- Klaus Järvinenb. 1917FInot in their usual nameFinnish physician (1917-2003)
- Sven Melanderb. 1947SEnot in their usual nameSwedish actor, television presenter and journalist (1947–2022)
- Mika Ripattib. 1964FInot in their usual nameFinnish screenwriter
- Joonas Saartamob. 1980FInot in their usual nameFinnish actor and musician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 6.1K | #268 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 2.1K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 300 | #3,931 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 33 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 25 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 23 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 22 | #11,050 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 21 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 19 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 18 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Alarik mean, and where does it come from?
- Alaric (Visigoth king) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Alarik?
- A machine transcription gives /ɑɫəɹɪk/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Alarik a male or female name?
- Alarik is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Alarik have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Alarik, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alarik.
- Where is Alarik most common?
- Alarik is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.6 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Alarik?
- In Finland, the national register counted 2,131 people named Alarik, about 1 in 2.6 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/alarikThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alarik”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.