Alrite meaning | Last name Alrite origin

The variant of the Allwright. WrightPerhaps a maker of awls. See - The Anglo-Saxon wyrhta signifies, in its widest sense, the same as the Latin faber, a workman of any kind, but more specifically an artificer in hard materials. The eminent antiquary who bears this surname observes, that "Smith was the general term for a worker in metals, and Wright for one who worked in wood and other materials. Hence in the later English period smith became the peculiar name of a blacksmith, and wright of a carpenter, as it is still in Scotland." And in this way it was understood in Chaucer's days. He says of his Reeve:-
"He was a well good wright—a carpenter."

Standing singly, no doubt it generally means an artificer in wood, but its compounds, as still existing in surnames, show that workmen in other trades, and dealing with other materials, were designated by it, as Copperwright, Shoewright, Glasswright, Cheesewright. The Boatwright, Wainwright, Cartwright, Wheelwright, Plowright, Sievewright, Arkwright, Tellwright, Shipwright, and All (or awl) wright had to do principally with wood. Goodwright was probably a maker of goads or spear-points.