Gender:
Origin:
German
1406 famous people named Alice found on Wikipedia.
563697 female, 1941 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
71-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
8-th in year 1906
Used in: English, French, Italian, Portuguese
A female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “of noble rank.”.
Alice is a feminine given name used primarily in English and French. It is a feminized form of the Old French female name Alis (older Alais), short form of Adelais, which is derivation from the Germanic name Adalhaidis (see Adelaide), from the Proto-Germanic words *aþala-, meaning "noble" and *haiþjō-, meaning "heath(land), heather" or *haidu-, meaning "appearance; kind" (compare German Adel "nobility", edel "noble", nominalizing suffix -heit "-hood"), hence "of noble character or rank, of nobility". Alaïs is the Old French form of the name; Alys of Vexin was also known as Alaïs.
Alice was the most popular female baby name in Sweden in 2009 and has been among the top 10 names given to girls for the past five years. The name ranks in the top 100 most popular names for baby girls in Australia, Belgium, France, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland. In England and Wales it was ranked the 24th most popular name in 2015. It ranked as the 172nd most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2010.
The name was most popular in the US in the Victorian era and at the turn of the 20th century. It has been popularized by Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. It was also popular in the Victorian era due to The Princess Alice, a daughter of Queen Victoria. In the US, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, was occasionally known as "Princess Alice" in the press and inspired a song called Alice Blue Gown. In recent years in the US, the variants Alicia, Alison, and a short form, Allie, have been more popular names: in 2010, Alison was the 38th most popular; Alicia was the 220th most popular,and Allie was the 189th most popular. All three names have multiple spelling variants which are also well-used. Alyssa, the 20th most popular in 2010, may sound like a variant, but it is historically of different origin, from the flower Alyssum.
Fem. proper name, from Old French Aliz, from Old High German Adalhaid, literally "nobility, of noble kind" (see Adelaide). Among the top 20 most popular names for girls born in the U.S. c. 1880-1920. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," published in 1865, was written for Alice Pleasance Liddell (1852-1934).
French form of the Old German Adalheidis, combine of athal (noble) and haida (hood), nobility.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Alice Cooper | 1948 | American rock singer, songwriter and musician |
2 | Alice Eve | 1982 | English actress |
3 | Alice Braga | 1983 | Brazilian actress |
4 | Alice Walker | 1944 | American author and activist |
5 | Alice Paul | 1885 | American suffragette |
6 | Alice Krige | 1954 | Actress |
7 | Alice Roosevelt Longworth | 1884 | American writer and prominent socialite |
8 | Alice Munro | 1931 | Canadian novelist |
9 | Alice Walton | 1949 | American billionaire |
10 | Alice Evans | 1971 | British actress |
11 | Alice Liddell | 1852 | Basis of the character in "Alice in Wonderland" |
12 | Alice Roberts | 1973 | English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author |
13 | Alice Ghostley | 1923 | American actress |
14 | Alice Waters | 1944 | American chef, restaurateur, activist, and author |
15 | Alice Wetterlund | 1981 | American comedian |
16 | Alice Englert | 1994 | Australian actress |
17 | Alice Coltrane | 1937 | American jazz musician |
18 | Alicia Vidrio | 1988 | Lead singer of Crystal Castles (band) |
19 | Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt | 1861 | First wife of Theodore Roosevelt |
20 | Alice Faye | 1915 | Actress, singer |
21 | Alice Levine | 1986 | British broadcaster |
22 | Alice Brady | 1892 | Actress |
23 | Alice B. Toklas | 1877 | American writer |
24 | Alice Pearce | 1917 | Actress |
25 | Mary Alice | 1941 | American actress |
26 | Alice Tan Ridley | 1952 | American singer |
27 | Alice Lowe | 1977 | English actress and writer |
28 | Alice Dwyer | 1988 | German actress |
29 | Alice Keppel | 1868 | British society hostess and mistress of Edward VII. |
30 | Alice Bailey | 1880 | Esoteric, theosophist, writer |
31 | Alice Arnold | 1962 | British newsreader, continuity announcer and actress |
32 | Alice Dixson | 1969 | Filipino American actress, commercial model, and former beauty queen |
33 | Alice Dellal | 1987 | Brazilian model |
34 | Alice Sebold | 1963 | American writer |
35 | Alice Patten | 1980 | English actress |
36 | Alice Greczyn | 1986 | American actress |
37 | Alice Crimmins | 1936 | American murderer |
38 | Alice Drummond | 1928 | American actress |
39 | Alice Amter | 1970 | British actress |
40 | Alice Hoffman | 1952 | Novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer |
41 | Alice Herz-Sommer | 1903 | Jewish pianist and music teacher from Bohemia |
42 | Alice Hoffmann | 1951 | German actress and author |
43 | Alice Playten | 1947 | Actress |
44 | Alice Miller | 1923 | Swiss psychologist |
45 | Alice Neel | 1900 | American visual artist |
46 | Alice Smith | 1978 | American singer and songwriter |
47 | Alice Ripley | 1963 | American actress, singer-songwriter |
48 | Alice Chan | 1973 | Actress |
49 | Alice Sara Ott | 1988 | Classical pianist |
50 | Alice Isaaz | 1991 | French actress |
51 | Alice Guy-Blaché | 1873 | Film director |
52 | Alice Goffman | 1982 | American sociologist |
53 | Alice Orlowski | 1903 | Female Nazi; concentration camp guard |
54 | Alice Prin | 1901 | French painter |
55 | Alice Hirson | 1929 | American actress |
56 | Alice Pieszecki | Fictional human | |
57 | Black Alice | ||
58 | Alice the Goon | ||
59 | Alice Taglioni | 1976 | French actress |
60 | Alice Perrers | 1348 | English royal mistress |
61 | Alice Hamilton | 1869 | American physician and toxicologist |
62 | Alice Sommerlath | 1906 | Mother of Swedish Queen |
63 | Alice Herbst | 1993 | Swedish fashion model |
64 | Alice Burdeu | 1988 | Australian model |
65 | Alice St. Clair | 1988 | English actress |
66 | Alice Ayres | 1859 | English nursemaid |
67 | Alice Kyteler | 1280 | Hiberno-Norman noblewoman accused of witchcraft |
68 | Alice Palmer | 1939 | Illinois lawmaker and educator |
69 | Alice Nutter | 1962 | British musician and writer |
70 | Alice Hirose | 1994 | Actress |
71 | Alice Branning | ||
72 | Alice White | 1904 | Actress |
73 | Alice on the Roof | 1995 | Belgian singer |
74 | Alice Bag | 1958 | American singer |
75 | Alice Rivlin | 1931 | American economist |
76 | Alice Horton | ||
77 | Alice Beer | 1965 | British journalist and television presenter |
78 | Alice Rogoff | 1951 | American publisher, business executive, philanthropist, and arts patron |
79 | Alice Barlow | 1991 | Actress |
80 | Alice Russell | 1975 | British soul singer |
81 | Alice Bah Kuhnke | 1971 | Swedish journalist and politician |
82 | Alice Ormsby-Gore | 1952 | Daughter of 5th Baron Harlech, fiancée of Eric Clapton |
83 | Alice Connor | 1990 | British actress |
84 | Poker Alice | 1851 | Anglo-American poker player |
85 | Alice Orr-Ewing | 1989 | English actress |
86 | Alice Plunkett | British sports journalist | |
87 | Alice Nunn | 1927 | American actress |
88 | Alice de Janzé | 1899 | Heiress |
89 | Alice Schwarzer | 1942 | German journalist, publisher, and feminist |
90 | Alice James | 1848 | American diarist |
91 | Alice Troughton | British television director | |
92 | Alice Gainer | 1982 | American journalist |
93 | Alice Coachman | 1923 | American athlete |
94 | Alice Auma | 1956 | Ugandan rebel |
95 | Alice Pantermüller | 1968 | German writer |
96 | Alice von Hildebrand | 1923 | Belgian philosopher |
97 | Alice Herz | 1882 | American-based German activist |
98 | Alice McDermott | 1953 | American writer, novelist, essayist |
99 | Alice S. Fisher | 1967 | American lawyer |
100 | Alice Terry | 1899 | Actress |
101 | Alice Dreger | American bioethicist | |
102 | Alice Green | American activist | |
103 | Alice David | 1987 | French actress |
104 | Alice Henley | 1982 | English television and theatre actress |
105 | Alice Coulthard | 1983 | English actress |
106 | Alice Temple | English musician, singer, songwriter and bicycle motocross rider | |
107 | Alice Ball | 1892 | Developed treatment for leprosy |
108 | Alice Stebbins Wells | 1873 | First American born female police officer |
109 | Alice Pol | 1982 | French actress |
110 | Alice Gast | 1958 | American academic administrator |
111 | Alice Babs | 1924 | Swedish jazz and schlager singer |
112 | Alice Estes Davis | 1929 | American costume designer |
113 | Alice Joyce | 1890 | American actress |
114 | Alice Temperley | 1975 | British fashion designer |
115 | Alice Marble | 1913 | US tennis player |
116 | Alice Hoschedé | 1844 | French artists' model |
117 | Alice Hardy | Fictional character in the Friday the 13th franchise. | |
118 | Alice Tzeng | 1984 | Taiwanese actress |
119 | Alice Vial | 1986 | |
120 | Alice Dunbar Nelson | 1875 | American writer, activist |
121 | Alice Lon | 1926 | American singer, dancer and television personality |
122 | Alice Wong | 1948 | Canadian politician |
123 | Alice Stewart | 1906 | British epidemiologist |
124 | Alice March | ||
125 | Alice Barry | 1946 | British actress |
126 | Alice Oswald | 1966 | British poet |
127 | Alice Bentinck | 1986 | |
128 | Alice Freeman Palmer | 1855 | Educator |
129 | Alice Francis | 2000 | Singer |
130 | Alice Kuipers | 1979 | British writer |
131 | Alice Cogswell | 1805 | The first student of an official deaf school in the United States of America. |
132 | Alice Stone Blackwell | 1857 | United States feminist, journalist and human rights advocate |
133 | Alice Huyler Ramsey | 1886 | American driver |
134 | Alice Austen | 1866 | American photographer |
135 | Alice Catherine Evans | 1881 | American microbiologist |
136 | Alice S. Huang | 1939 | American biologist |
137 | Alice Childress | 1916 | American playwright and author |
138 | Alice Winocour | 1976 | French screenwriter and film director |
139 | Alice Borchardt | 1939 | American fiction writer |
140 | Alice Charlotte von Rothschild | 1847 | Austrian socialite |
141 | Alice E. Doherty | 1887 | |
142 | Alice Mitchell | 1872 | Convicted murderer |
143 | Alice Lisle | 1614 | English traitor |
144 | Alice Heine | 1858 | Second wife of Prince Albert I of Monaco |
145 | Alice Thomas Ellis | 1932 | British writer and essayist |
146 | Alice Dinnean | 1969 | American puppeteer |
147 | Jocelyn Alice | Canadian singer | |
148 | Alice Weidel | 1979 | German economist and politician (Alternative for Germany) |
149 | Alice Panikian | 1985 | Bulgarian-born Canadian model |
150 | Alice of Normandy | 1002 | Duchess of Burgundy |
151 | Alice Bendová | 1973 | Czech actress and model |
152 | Alice Brock | 1941 | American restaurateur |
153 | Alice Garner | 1969 | Australian actress, historian and musician |
154 | Alice Sabatini | 1996 | Italian model and basketball player |
155 | Alice Salazar | ||
156 | Alice Notley | 1945 | American poet |
157 | Alice of Champagne | 1195 | Queen consort of Cyprus |
158 | Alice Coote | 1968 | British mezzo-soprano |
159 | Alice Meynell | 1847 | English publisher, editor, writer, poet, activist |
160 | Alice of Courtenay | 1160 | French noblewoman of the House of Courtenay |
161 | Alice Seeley | 1870 | British photographer and missionary to Ronda in Spain, and to Congo in Africa |
162 | Alice de Carli | 1961 | Brazilian actress |
163 | Alice Duer Miller | 1874 | American poet |
164 | Alice du Pont Mills | 1912 | American race horse breeder and owner |
165 | Alice Palazzi | 1979 | Italian actress |
166 | Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury | 1407 | English noblewoman |
167 | Alice Aycock | 1946 | American artist |
168 | Alice Ludes | 1912 | American singer, performer |
169 | Alice Franz | 1912 | German actress and voice actress |
170 | Alice | Engineer from the Dilbert comic strip | |
171 | Alice Stewart Trillin | 1938 | American writer |
172 | Alice Goodwin | 1985 | Glamour model |
173 | Alice Rohrwacher | 1980 | Italian film director |
174 | Alice Edun | Nigerian singer | |
175 | Alice Marriott | 1907 | American businesswoman |
176 | Alice Barrett | 1956 | American actress |
177 | Alice Reys | 1970 | Dutch actor |
178 | Alice Trolle-Wachtmeister | 1926 | Swedish countess |
179 | Alice Borges | 1966 | Brazilian actress |
180 | Alice Tumler | 1979 | Austrian television presenter |
181 | Alice Wu | 1970 | American film director |
182 | Alice Mary Higgins | 1975 | |
183 | Alice Dingle | ||
184 | Alice Mary Robertson | 1854 | American politician |
185 | Alice Schroeder | 1956 | American author, columnist, accounting regulator, and former insurance analyst |
186 | Alice Day | 1905 | American actress |
187 | Alice Martineau | 1972 | British singer-songwriter |
188 | Alice of Antioch | 1110 | Daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem, Princess of Antioch (12th century) |
189 | Saint Alice | 1225 | Cistercian laysister and leper |
190 | Alice Lenshina | 1919 | Zambian Christian leader |
191 | Alice Vanderbilt Morris | 1874 | Vanderbilt family member |
192 | Alice Goodman | 1958 | American poet and librettist |
193 | Alice Taylor | British business woman | |
194 | Alice Dye | 1927 | Amateur golfer, golf course architect |
195 | Alice Ross-King | 1887 | Australian military nurse |
196 | Alice Iskak | 1947 | Indonesian actor |
197 | Alice Belaïdi | 1987 | French actress |
198 | Alice M. Batchelder | 1944 | American judge |
199 | Alice Svensson | 1991 | Swedish singer |
200 | Alice Middleton Boring | 1883 | American biologist, zoologist, and herpetologist |