Laudaricus

Laudaricus was a prominent Hunnic chieftain. The Chronica Gallica of 511 under the year 451 noted him as Attila's blood relative (Cognatus Attilae), who died at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451 AD.

M. Schönfeld considered the name to be of Germanic origin, *Lauda reiks (possibly "famous king"; compare Ludwig). Omeljan Pritsak proposed possible Gothicization and correction of the name by the chronicler from Turkic *Valda > Velda (< *Belda > Bleda).