What does Alice mean?

Alice means "of a noble kind; noble"

How do we pronounce Alice?

Alice \a-li-ce, al-ice\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Alice used as a boy name name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced AELihS (English). Other pronunciations consist of aeLIYS in French or aaLIYCHeh in Italian 1.

1 Pronunciation for Alice: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"

What is the origin of Alice?

Alice is of Germanic origin. It is used mainly in Czech, English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Scandinavian. The meaning of Alice is 'of a noble kind'. Two-element name derived from adal and heit which are of the meanings 'noble, honorable' and 'kind, sort, type' respectively. The old form Adalheidis (Germanic) had the short form name Adelais origin (Old French), which itself was further contracted to Adaliz (Old French) and then Alis (Old French). The latter were introduced by the Normans into England in further forms such as Aaliz, Adalis, Alix, Aliz, Alys, and Alyx, and eventually became the name Alice. The name Alice was popularized by the Bele Aaliz medieval romances, and by the 12th century it became widely used in England as well as France. It appeared in Shakespeare's play Henry V (1599) as the name of the attendant Lady Alice. It lost its popularity by the 17th century, having garnered rustic and old-fashioned associations, before enjoying a revival in the 19th century via romance literature, often in the Latinized form baby name Alicia. It was further popularized by the birth of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Alice (1843-1878), and the titular heroine of Lewis Carroll's classic children's novels, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871), who is based on Carroll's child friend Alice Pleasance Liddell (1852-1934), the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. See Alice meaning for more info. Alice is a Czech, English, French, and Italian familiar form of the English and Italian name Adelaide. Alice an English, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese form of the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian name Adelheid. Alice is a widely used name; it has 151 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name consist of Adelice meaning of name, short names for Al, name Alais origin, short names for Alaisa, what does the name Aleasha mean, Aleashia definition, Aleasia name variations, Aleassa name popularity, Aleceea meaning and origin, meaning of Alecia, Aleece name popularity, baby name Aleecia, Aleesa name variations, name Aleese origin, name Aleesha origin, name Aleeshia meaning, short names for Aleeshya, Aleethia meaning, nicknames for Alesha, name Alesia origin, name Alessa origin, Aleta meaning of name, Aletha name variations, Alia name popularity, what does the name Alicea mean, Alicen meaning, Alicia definition (also French, Latinized, Scandinavian, and Spanish), nicknames for Alicie, Aliece definition, Alikah pronounciation, nicknames for Aliki, Alis name (also Armenian and Welsh), name Alisa origin (also German, Russian, and Slavic), name Alisah, Alisann name popularity, meaning of Alisanne, Alise pronounciation (also Latvian), name Alisea meaning, nicknames for Alisha, Alishah name, Alishay name variations, Alishia name popularity, name Alishya origin, nicknames for Alison (also French and Scottish), baby name Alissa, name Alisse meaning, name Alissya meaning, nicknames for Alithia, name Alitia origin, name Alize origin (also German and Greek), name Alla, name Allecia meaning, baby name Alleece, Alles meaning and origin, Allesse pronounciation, nicknames for Allicea, Allis name, Allisa name popularity, nicknames for Allise, short names for Allison, Alliss name variations, Allissa meaning, Allisun name popularity, Allsun meaning and origin, nicknames for Ally, what does the name Allyce mean, Allys pronounciation, Allyse definition, Allysia name variations, Allyson pronounciation, short names for Allyssa, nicknames for Allysson, Alson name variations, what does the name Aly mean, Alycia meaning, name Alys meaning (also Welsh), Alysa name variations, name Alyse, name Alysha origin, Alysia meaning and origin, name Alyson meaning, name Alyss meaning, baby name Alyssa, Alyssaya meaning, baby name Alysse, Alyssia meaning and origin, Arihi pronounciation, name Arihia meaning, name Elisha meaning, Ellissa pronounciation, meaning of Ellsa, Elsa name popularity (also Scandinavian and Spanish), Elsie definition, name Elyssa, name Ilisha meaning, baby name Ilysa, meaning of Ilysah, name Ilyson, Ilysse meaning and origin, Lecia definition, Leece pronounciation, and Talicia definition. Other English forms consist of the contracted form baby name Ali, the familiar forms what does the name Alie mean (also used in Dutch), name Alisan (also used in French, and Scottish), Alli name popularity (also used in Finnish and ), Allie name variations, Ellie meaning and origin (also used in Scottish), and Ellis name popularity, and the spelling variants Allice meaning of name and name Alyce. Forms used in foreign languages consist of the Gaelic Aalish definition, the German Adelicia definition, the Scottish baby name Aileas, the Scottish Aili name popularity, the Gaelic and Irish Ailis name variations, the Irish what does the name Ailish mean, the Irish Ailís meaning and origin, the Polish Ala meaning of name, the Hawaiian Aleka name, the German Alexia name, the German nicknames for Alexie, the Czech and Slavic name Alica, the Polish name Alicja meaning, the Finnish nicknames for Aliisa, the Hawaiian short names for Alika, the Greek Alike meaning, the Polish meaning of Alinka, the Tongan short names for Alisi, the Polish Alisia name variations, the Hungarian name Alisz origin, the French name Alix, the Greek and Hungarian short names for Aliz, the Catalan and Portuguese Alícia pronounciation, the Irish meaning of Alís, the Russian short names for Alya, the Romanian Elica name variations, the German Elise definition, the Romanian baby name Eliza, the German name Elschen origin, the German Else name, the Slavic Elza definition, the German Ilse meaning, the Spanish name Licha meaning, and the Greek and Hungarian Lici meaning and origin. Specific foreign variants consist of the familiar forms Ailie meaning of name (Scottish), Aillie name popularity (Gaelic), Ailsa definition (Scottish), name Ailsie meaning (Scottish), what does the name Elke mean (Dutch, Frisian, and German), and short names for Elkie (Dutch and German). See also the related form, the English and Hebrew Aliza meaning and origin. Alice is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still popular as a baby girl name, but not to the degree it was previously, and it regarded as trendy. At the height of its usage in 1906, 1.338% of baby girls were named Alice. It was #8 in rank then. The baby name has seen a marked drop in frequency since then. In 2010, it ranked at #172 with a usage of 0.091%, having regained its popularity somewhat in the recent decade. Within the family of girl names directly related to Alice, what does the name Alyssa mean was the most popular. It was 4 times more frequently used than Alice in 2010. Alice has in the last century been primarily given to baby girls. In 1937, 170 times more baby girls than boys were given the name Alice.

The following famous people share the name Alice:

  • Actress Ali MacGraw, born Alice MacGraw April 1, 1938, Pound Ridge, New York
  • Author Alice Munro, born 10 July 1931, Wingham, Ontario, Canada
  • Author Alice Walker, born 9 February 1944, Eatonton, Georgia
  • Author Alison Uttley, born Alice Jane Taylor 17 December 1884 - 7 May 1976, Cromford, England.

List of baby names Alice:

the name short names for Alleece, the name Allis name popularity, the name short names for Alliss, the English Allyce name variations, the English Alyce meaning of name, the English and Welsh Alys meaning and origin, the English Alyse name popularity, the Gaelic name Aalish, the Dutch, Frisian, and German Aaltje name popularity, the English baby name Alcee, the English short names for Alcie, the name Alecxis name variations, the name name Aleece, the Russian Aleks name variations, the Czech Ales meaning, the English Alex pronounciation, the name short names for Alexas, the name name Alexes, the English what does the name Alexys mean, and the name nicknames for Aliks.

The baby name Alice fun facts:

The name Alice in reverse order is "Ecila".

The numerological value of the name Alice is number 3, which means expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living.

How popular is Alice?

Alice is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.17%
20130.17%
20120.14%
20110.12%
20100.10%
20090.07%
20080.05%
20070.05%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames