Alice (given name)
Alice is a feminine given name used primarily in English and French. It is a form of the Old French name Alis (older Alais), short form of Adelais, which is derivation from the Old High German Adalhaidis (see Adelaide), from the Proto-Germanic words *aþala-, meaning "noble" and *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's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by John Tenniel, is an inspiration for the popularity of the name Alice. | |
| Gender | Female |
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| Language(s) | Greek. There has only for the past few decades been a false idea presented that Alice is in any way related to the German name Adelheid or Adelaide. It is not. It is from the Greek Alicia, meaning truth. |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Truth |
| Other names | |
| See also | Alicia, |
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.[1] The name ranks in the top 100 most popular names for baby girls in Australia, Belgium, France, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland. In England and Wales it was ranked the 24th most popular name in 2015.[2] It ranked as the 172nd most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2010.[3]
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.
People
Royalty
- Alice of Antioch
- Alice of Cyprus
- Alice Heine, Princess consort of Monaco, wife of Albert I of Monaco
- Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone; longest-lived Princess of The Blood Royal of the United Kingdom
- Princess Alice of Battenberg
- Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine; third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria
- Alix of Hesse, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia; sixth child and fourth daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
- Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
- Princess Alice of Parma, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Authors and poets
- Alice Adams, American author
- Alice Albinia, author
- Alice Birch, British playwright and screenwriter
- Alice Cary, poet
- Alice Arnold Crawford (1850–1874), American poet
- Alice Turner Curtis (1860-1958), American writer
- Alice Williams Brotherton (1848-1930), American writer
- Alice May Douglas (1865–1943), American poet, author, editor
- Alice Flowerdew (1759–1830), English teacher, hymnwriter, religious poet
- Alice Fulton, poet and author
- Alice Greenwood (1862–1935), British historian, teacher and writer
- Alice Hoffman, author of Practical Magic
- Alice Emma Ives, American dramatist, journalist
- Alice Eleanor Jones, American science fiction writer and journalist
- Alice MacDonell, Scottish poet
- Alice Marriott (born 1910), American historian
- Alice Moore McComas (1850–1919), American author, editor, lecturer, reformer
- Alice McDermott, author
- Alice Duer Miller, author and poet
- Alice Munro, Canadian author
- Alice Rivaz, Swiss author
- Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones
- Alice Sheldon, better known by her pen name James Tiptree Jr.
- Alice Spigelman, Hungarian-born Australian clinical psychologist, writer and human rights advocate
- Alice Tawhai, pen name of a New Zealand fiction writer
- Alice Thompson, Scottish novelist
- Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner (1859–1915), American physician, writer
- Alice Voinescu, Romanian writer
- Alice Walker, author
- Alice Robinson Boise Wood (1846-1919), American classicist and poet
Musicians
- Alice (Visconti, born Carla Bissi), Italian singer-songwriter
- Alice (born Song Joo-hee), South Korean singer, a member of Hello Venus
- Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress
- Alice Caymmi, Brazilian singer
- Alice Coltrane, jazz pianist
- Alice Cooper, male rock musician (see also The Alice Cooper Show and Alice Cooper Goes to Hell)
- Alice Coote, British opera singer
- Alice Deejay, Dutch dance music artist
- Alice in Chains, American metal band
- Alice Glass, vocalist in electronic duo Crystal Castles
- Alice Merton, singer-songwriter
- Alice Nutter (musician), a member of the British music band Chumbawamba
- Alice Prin, singer and actress
- Alice Mary Smith, English composer
- Alice Spooner, keyboardist in English Grime/New Rave band Hadouken!
- Alice Thompson, pianist and composer
Actresses and filmmakers
- Alice Barrett, actress
- Alice Bellagamba, Italian actress and dancer
- Alice Brady, American actress
- Alice Calhoun, American silent film actress
- Alice Cocéa, French actress
- Alice Connor, British actress
- Alice Davenport, American actress
- Alice Day, American actress
- Alice Dixson, Filipino-American actress, commercial model, and former beauty queen
- Alice Dovey, American stage actress
- Alice Evans, British-American actress
- Alice Eve, English actress
- Alice Faye, actress and singer
- Alice Gale, American actress
- Alice Greczyn, American actress
- Alice Guy-Blaché, French filmmaker
- Alice Hollister, American actress
- Alice Howell, American actress
- Alice Joyce, American silent film actress
- Alice Krige, South African actress
- Alice Lake, American actress
- Alice Lowe, actress
- Ali MacGraw, actress; birth name is Elizabeth Alice
- Alice Mann, American actress
- Alice Marriott (1824-1900), English actress
- Alice Moran, Canadian actress
- Alice Pearce, actress
- Alice Ripley, American actress
- Alice Robitaille, Canadian actress
- Alice B. Russell, American actress
- Alicia Silverstone, American actress
- Alice Terry, American actress
- Alice White, American actress
- Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress
- Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress
- Alycia Debnam-Carey, Australian actress
Science and medicine
- Alice Mary Barry, pioneering doctor
- Alice Fitzgerald (1875-1962), American nurse
- Alice Hamilton, toxicologist
- Alice Miller, Swiss psychologist
- Alice Pruvot-Fol, French opisthobranch malacologist
- Alice Rivlin, economist
- Alice Roberts, British anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, anthropologist, television presenter, and author
- Alice Săvulescu, Romanian botanist
- Alice Whitley (1913–1990), Australian chemist and educator
- Alice Wilson, Canadian geologist and paleontologist
- Alice Vrielink, conducts research in crystallography.
Activists
- Alice Bunker Stockham, American suffragist
- Alice Davies (born 1870 - alive in 1919), British suffragette and nurse
- Alice Sudduth Byerly (1855–1904), temperance activist
- Alice Hamilton peace activist during "the Great War"
- Alice Herz, anti-war protester
- Alice Meynell English suffragist and poet
- Alice Milligan, Irish nationalist
- Alice Morrissey (died in 1912), British Catholic, socialist leader and suffragette
- Alice Paul, American suffragist and British suffragette
- Alice Schwarzer, German feminist and publisher
- Alice Ames Winter (1865–1944), American litterateur, author, clubwoman, suffragist
Athletes
- Alice Blom, Dutch volleyball player
- Alice D'Amato (born 2003), Italian artistic gymnast
- Alice Kertész, Hungarian-born Olympic gymnastics medalist
- Alice Kinsella, (born 2001) British artistic gymnast
- Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player
- Alice Mills, Australian Olympic swimmer
- Alice Noháčová (born 1967), Czech tennis player
- Alice Pirsu (born 1979), Romanian tennis player
- Alice Schlesinger, Israeli Olympic judoka
- Alice Whitty, Canadian high jumper
Miscellaneous
- Alice Auma, Ugandan spiritualist and medium
- Alice Austen, photographer
- Alice Bailey, theologist and lecturer
- Alice Barnham, wife of Francis Bacon
- Alice Bentinck, co-founder and COO of Entrepreneur First, London
- Lady Alice Boyle, wife of David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore
- Alice Brock, owner of the Massachusetts eatery that inspired the Arlo Guthrie tune "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"
- Alice Willson Broughton, First Lady of North Carolina
- Alice Brown Davis, Seminole tribal chief
- Alice Brusewitz, New Zealand photographer
- Alice Burdeu, Australian Fashion Model and winner of Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3
- Alice Cambridge (1762 – 1829), early Irish Methodist preacher
- Alice Elizabeth Doherty (1887–1933), known for her rare condition of hypertrichosis lanuginosa
- Alice Dinnean, American puppeteer
- Aliki Diplarakou, Greek Miss Europe winner
- Alice Hanratty, Irish artist
- Alice Keppel, mistress of Edward VII of the United Kingdom
- Alice Liddell, the real person upon whom the eponymous heroine of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is based
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth, only child of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee
- Alice Lisle, a judge at the trial of Charles I of England
- Alice Little, (born 1990), Irish–American sex-worker and advocate
- Alice Maher Irish painter and sculptor
- Alice Mahon, British politician
- Alice Mak, Hong Kong artist and cartoonist
- Alice Manfield, or Guide Alice, Australian mountain guide, naturalist, photographer, chalet owner, and early feminist
- Alice Marriott, American businesswoman
- Lady Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Gloucester
- Alice Naylor-Leyland, fashion writer
- Alice Neel, American artist
- Alice Orlowski, high-ranking Nazi SS officer
- Lady Alice Ormsby-Gore, daughter of David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech. One time fiance of guitarist Eric Clapton
- Alice Parizeau, Polish journalist
- Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, wife of Theodore Roosevelt
- Alice Strike, Canadian military veteran
- Alice B. Toklas, paramour of writer Gertrude Stein
- Alice Walton, the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton
- Alice Waters, American chef and restaurateur
- Alice Woods (1849-1941), British educationist
- Alice Young, first "witch" to be executed during the Salem witch trials
Fictional characters
- Alice, a character commonly featured in cryptography books together with her partner Bob
- Alice, the eponymous heroine of the Lewis Carroll novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
- Alice Kingsleigh, a version of the above from the live adaption Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- Miss Alice, a main character in Edward Albee’s play Alice originally portrayed by Irene Worth
- Alice, a yet-to-be-seen character in the anime/manga Rozen Maiden by Peach-Pit
- Alice, the female protagonist in the manga Pandora Hearts
- Alice, a character from Sylvain Chomet's animated film The Illusionist
- Alice, a caffeine-crazed engineer from Scott Adams' comic strip Dilbert
- Alice, Peter's male pet rabbit in Meg Rosoff's book, Just in Case
- Alice, Mary Elizabeth's friend in Stephen Chbosky's novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Alice, a fictional character from The Tribe (1999–2003) played by Vanessa Stacey
- Alice (Transformers), a character in the 2009 movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Alice, a fictional dancer from Konami's Dance Dance Revolution series
- Alice Abernathy, a fictional character in the Resident Evil film series, portrayed by Milla Jovovich
- Alice Angel, a character from the episodic puzzle horror video game Bendy and the Ink Machine
- Alice Ayres, pseudonym for Jane Jones (played by Natalie Portman) in the film Closer
- Alice Bastable, a character in E. Nesbit's The Story of the Treasure Seekers
- Alice Beckham, a fictional character from anime series Machine Robo Rescue
- Alice Blue Bonnet, a character in the Make Mine Music Short Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
- Alice Cartelet, a transfer student from the United Kingdom, one of the main character from Kin-iro Mosaic manga and anime series
- Alice Carter in TV series Torchwood: Children of Earth
- Alice Cullen, vampire character in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight
- Alice Elliot, a fictional character from the Shadow Hearts series
- Alice the Fox, a crook fox from The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino fairy tale
- Alice Gehabich, from Bakugan Battle Brawlers
- Alice the Goon, a character in the Popeye comic strip
- Alice the Great, a character in the animated children's series Little Bill
- Alice Gunderson, a fictional character, the Quartermaines' maid on the American soap opera General Hospital
- Alice Hardy, a character in the Friday the 13th series
- Alice Hayfer, a character in the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh
- Alice Horton, a fictional character, a matriarch on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Alice Hyatt, protagonist on the American sitcom Alice
- Alice Johnson, a character in the Nightmare on Elm Street series
- Alice Kramden, long-suffering wife of Ralph on the American sitcom The Honeymooners
- Alice Longbottom, mother of Neville Longbottom in the popular fictional Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
- Alice MacLeod, main character in Susan Juby's novel and television series, Alice, I Think
- Alice Margatroid, from the Touhou series of manic shooter
- Alice Martin is a minor character in the film Halloween II (1980) and murder victim of Michael Myers
- Alice McKinley is the protagonist of the eponymous book series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
- Alice Mitchell, the mother of the title character of Dennis the Menace (US)
- Alice Nelson, the housekeeper for the Bradys on The Brady Bunch
- Alice Parslow, a main character in La Belle Sauvage, the first volume in the Book of Dust trilogy by Philip Pullman
- Alice Pieszecki, a fictional character from Showtime's lesbian drama series The L Word
- Alice Quinn, a character in The Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman
- Alice the Rabbit, one of the main protagonists of the Bloody Roar fighting game series
- Alice (Alisa) Selezneva, the main heroine of Kir Bulychov's children's science fiction book series
- Alice Seno, a character from the manga Alice 19th
- Alice Tate, main character in Woody Allen's film Alice, portrayed by Mia Farrow
- Alice Twilight, a character in the Wii game No More Heroes 2
- Alice Yotsuba, one of the main characters in the magical girl anime Dokidoki! PreCure
- Alice Zuberg, one of the female protagonists in the light novel Sword Art Online
Songs
- "Alice Practice" by Crystal Castles from the EP of that name
- "All the Girls Love Alice" by Elton John from the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- "Blues for Alice", written by Charlie Parker and performed by Roland Kirk in the album We Free Kings
- "Go ask Alice" by The Legendary Pink Dots from the album Asylum
- "Living Next Door to Alice", by New World, made famous by Smokie, with a further adaptation by Gompie
- "Alice" from the Nana Kitade album titled 18: Eighteen. There is also a metal version of this song produced by Marty Friedman on the Nana Kitade album Berry Berry Singles
- "Alice", song and the title of a 2002 album by Tom Waits
- "Watching Alice" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds released on the album Tender Prey
- "Alice", a 1982 song by The Sisters of Mercy
- "Alice" by Avril Lavigne, "Her Name is Alice" by Shinedown, "Alice's Theme" by Danny Elfman and eighteen other songs on the Almost Alice album based on or inspired by Tim Burton's film Alice in Wonderland
- "Blue Alice" by Ayria, from her album, Hearts For Bullets
- "Alice" by Stevie Nicks, from her album, The Other Side of the Mirror
- "Alice" by Moby, from his album, Last Night
- "Alice" by the Cocteau Twins, released with the single "Violaine"
- "Alice What's The Matter?" by Terrorvision 1994 From the album How to Make Friends and Influence People
- "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" by Arlo Guthrie, released as the title track to the album Alice's Restaurant. The song is 18 minutes long and is a protest against the Vietnam War draft.
- "Alice" by Lady Gaga, from her album, Chromatica
Radio stations
- Radio Alice, free radio station, Bologna, Italy, 1976/1977 and later
Notes
- Namnstatistik – Statistik från SCB
- "Home - Baby Names".
- Mike Campbell. "Behind the Name: Popularity for Alice". Behind the Name.
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