Alaric

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Thoughts on Alaric? It means "ruler of all" and I've become rather taken with it.

I'm not pregnant btw. Just curious.

Think it's awful. It just doesn't roll of the tongue and I don't know if its that its reminding me of the word of allergic but it sounds like some sort of horrendous medieval affliction.

Sorry, but at least it doesn't unbundle like you had that much need for it right now.

King of the Visigoths, sacked Rome. Personally I wouldn't, (would be very weird if he did grow up to be a Goth ) but I've heard worse.

Sound. I don't know how that became unbundle.

I rather like it. But am reading about the Visigoths at the moment!

I'm reading about them too!

I think I might put it on a list of solely to convince DP the names I really really like are totally normal as he often calls them pretentious

Ooh, good tactics Alis - try Athelstan and Otho as well - suddenly your actual picks of Tarquin and Jago (or whatever) will seem like solid pillars of sanity.

I have a friend called this. I would recommend avoiding it...

Bit too Vampire Diaries for me.. sorry!

It's the name of a German/French friend of mine. I like it a lot. It's fairly normal in Germany...

Pretentious.

It sounds like an ingredient

celeriac. No from me

I like it, but my first thought was to wonder of you were a Vampire Diaries fan.

Of? if, that should have been...

Considering the history, it's a bit like calling your kid Attila or Adolf.

Had an amazing boss with this name. Incredible leader and top bloke.

Still dunno if I would use it...

i actually know an alaric
he's in his 20s andis very well thought of by people.

he's good with bike maintenance.

Rhubarb the question is,is it more pretentious than the other names I like my DP has deemed to be so.

Though rather taken with the name, I don't think I could use it on an a child.

Didn't come across as being as bad as calling your child Adolf judging by the book I'm reading though

Sounds like garlic to me. Not what I'd choose. OTOH, I only have one girl. Had she been a boy, Duncan was what she'd have been called.

I know 2 Alarics and they are both historians

Dislike the name

I don't like this but think it'd be hilarious with nickname Ricky!

I know one - amazed that there seem to be so many of us who do. I wonder whether we know the same ones. He says that he had to be quite naughty at school and good at fighting to live down the name. Kind of like a boy named Sue.

I know of one, or OH does. His siblings also have (ahem) interesting names. All together they sort of sound like they were chosen from My Big Book of weird Unusual Baby Names.

I don't mind it, and I don't love it. If you love it why not? It shortens nicely.

Your husband thinks Alaric is pretentious?!

But that's MAD.