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Alecia

Alecia: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“noble kind”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
uh-LEE-shuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually treated as a variant of Alicia, which developed from Alice, ultimately from the Germanic name Adalheidis. The traditional sense comes from elements meaning 'noble' and 'kind, type'.

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How popular is Alecia?

20243.9 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Alecia in 202413

Peak year1987

Total US babies since 188012,032

Alecia is fading: recent use is about 36% of its level ten years before.

Names like Alecia

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Alyssarational; noble · Greek
  • Alicianoble kind · Germanic
  • Alishanoble kind · English
  • Elysiafrom Elysium, blissful place · Greek
  • Alyshavariant of Alicia; noble · English
  • Alycianoble · English
  • Alysianoble · English
  • Aleshanoble kind · Germanic

Alecia questions

What does the name Alecia mean?

Alecia means "noble kind". It comes from Germanic. Usually treated as a variant of Alicia, which developed from Alice, ultimately from the Germanic name Adalheidis. The traditional sense comes from elements meaning 'noble' and 'kind, type'.

Is Alecia a boy or girl name?

Alecia is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Alecia?

13 US babies were named Alecia in 2024. Its peak year was 1987.

How do you pronounce Alecia?

Alecia is usually pronounced uh-LEE-shuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.