Alice

Alice: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “noble type”
Origin: Germanic
Say it: AL-iss · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

From Old French Aalis, a form of Adalheidis, from Germanic elements meaning 'noble kind/type'. Related to Adelaide and Alicia.

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How popular is Alice?

20241,059 per million US babies

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Babies named Alice in 20243,526

2024 rank#62 girls

Peak year1906

Total US babies since 1880586,537

Alice is rising: use over the last five years is 1.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Alice

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Allisonnoble kind · French
Alicianoble kind · Germanic
Alisonnoble kind · French
Alissonnoble kind · French
Alysonnoble kind · French
Alisanoble kind · Germanic
Alysenoble · French
Alycenoble type · Germanic

Alice questions

What does the name Alice mean?

Alice means "noble type". It comes from Germanic. From Old French Aalis, a form of Adalheidis, from Germanic elements meaning 'noble kind/type'. Related to Adelaide and Alicia.

Is Alice a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Alice?

3,526 US babies were named Alice in 2024. Its peak year was 1906.

How do you pronounce Alice?

Alice is usually pronounced AL-iss.

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.