Alice (given name)

Alice is most often used as a feminine given name, used primarily in English and French; however, it has proven popular in some other languages.

Etymology

Alice is a form of the Old French name ''Alis'' (older ''Alais''), short form of ''Adelais'', which is derived from the Old High German ''Adalhaidis'' (see Adelaide), from the Proto-Germanic words , meaning "noble" and , 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.

Popularity as a given name

In 2015 the name appeared 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, but it has been less popular in the US until a recent resurgence. Some sources cite the resurgence starting in 2000, while others showed an up swing starting in 2010 One source attributes this to Tina Fey having named her daughter Alice in 2005, though this is more likely a case of coincidence than causality. Other sources attribute the rise in popularity to media sources such as the ''Twilight'' books by Stephenie Meyer. In Sweden and Italy it has appeared in the top ten names in recent years.

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".

Variants

Variants of the given name today include '' Alicia'', '' Alison'', and a short form, ''Allie'', with many spelling variants. Alisa is a form of the name in popular use in Russia, Estonia and other countries. Aliki is the form used in Greek.

People with the first name Alice

Royalty

* Alice of Antioch (1110 – after 1136), princess consort of Antioch by marriage to Bohemond II of Antioch
* Alice of Cyprus (1193 – 1246), queen consort and later regent of Cyprus, later regent of Jerusalem
* Alice Heine (1872–1918), princess consort of Monaco, wife of Albert I of Monaco
* Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883–1981), member of the British royal family
* Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885–1969), aka Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
* Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843–1878), Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, daughter of Queen Victoria
* Alix of Hesse (1872–1918), Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
* Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1901–2004), member of the British royal family
* Princess Alice of Parma (1849–1935), Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Authors and poets

* Alice Adams (1926–1999), American author
* Alice Albinia (born 1976), author
* Alice Birch, British playwright and screenwriter
* Alice Cary (1820–1871), poet
* Alice Childress (1916–1994), American novelist and playwright
* 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 Dunbar Nelson (1875–1935), American poet, journalist and political activist
* Alice Flowerdew (1759–1830), English teacher, hymnwriter, religious poet
* Alice Fulton (born 1952), poet and author
* Alice Greenwood (1862–1935), British historian, teacher and writer
* Alice Hoffman (born 1952), author of ''Practical Magic''
* Alice Emma Ives (1876–1930), American dramatist, journalist
* Alice Eleanor Jones (1916–1981), American science fiction writer and journalist
* Alice Pichen Lee (1883–1943), Chinese activist, newspaper editor, poet, writer and school founder
* Alice MacDonell (1854–1938), Scottish poet
* Alice Marriott (1910–1992), American historian
* Alice Moore McComas (1850–1919), American author, editor, lecturer, reformer
* Alice McDermott (born 1953), author
* Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942), author and poet
* Alice Munro (born 1931), Canadian author
* Alice Hobbins Porter (1854–1926), British-born American journalist, editor
* Alice Rivaz (1901–1998), Swiss author
* Alice Sebold (born 1963), 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 (1885–1961), Romanian writer
* Alice Walker (born 1944), author
* Alice Willard (1860–1936), American journalist and businesswoman
* Alice Robinson Boise Wood (1846–1919), American classicist and poet

Musicians

* Alice (Visconti, born Carla Bissi) (born 1954), Italian singer-songwriter
* Alice (born Song Joo-hee), South Korean singer, a member of Hello Venus
* Alice Babs (1924–2014), Swedish singer and actress
* Alice Caymmi (born 1990), Brazilian singer
* Alice Coltrane (1937–2007), American jazz pianist
* Alice Cooper (born 1948), American male rock musician (see also '' The Alice Cooper Show'' and '' Alice Cooper Goes to Hell'')
* Alice Coote (born 1968), British opera singer
* Alice Deejay, Dutch dance music artist
* Alice in Chains, American metal band
* Alice Glass (born 1988), Canadian vocalist in electronic duo Crystal Castles
* Alice Merton (born 1993), German-Canadian singer-songwriter
* Alice Nutter (born 1962), a member of the British music band Chumbawamba
* Alice Prin (1901–1953), French singer and actress
* Alice Carter Simmons (1883–1943), American pianist, organist, and music educator
* Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884), English composer
* Alice Spooner, keyboardist in English Grime/ New Rave band Hadouken!
* Alice Vinette (1894–1989), Canadian composer

Actresses and filmmakers

* Alice Barrett (born 1956), American actress
* Alice Bellagamba (born 1987), Italian actress and dancer
* Alice Brady (1892–1939), American actress
* Alice Calhoun (1900–1966), American silent film actress
* Alice Cocéa (1899–1970), French actress
* Alice Connor (born 1990), British actress
* Alice Davenport (1864–1936), American actress
* Alice Day (1906–1995), American actress
* Alice Dinnean (born 1969), American muppeteer
* Alice Dixson (born 1969), Filipino-American actress, commercial model, and former beauty queen
* Alice Dovey (18841969), American stage actress
* Alice Evans (born 1968), British-American actress
* Alice Eve, English actress
* Alice Faye (1915–1998), American actress and singer
* Alice Gale (1858–1941), American actress
* Alice Greczyn (born 1986), American actress
* Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), French filmmaker
* Alice Hollister (1886–1973), American actress
* Alice Howell (1886–1961), American actress
* Alice Joyce (1890–1955), American silent film actress
* Alice Krige (born 1954), South African actress
* Alice Lake (1895–1967), American actress
* Alice Lowe (born 1977), English actress
* Ali MacGraw (born 1939), actress; birth name is Elizabeth Alice
* Alice Mann (1899–1986), American actress
* Alice Marriott (1824–1900), English actress
* Alice Moran, Canadian actress
* Alice Pearce (1917–1966), American actress
* Alice Ripley (born 1963), American actress
* Alice Robitaille (1923–2011), Canadian actress
* Alice B. Russell (1889–1985), American actress
* Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), American actress
* Alice Terry (1899–1987), American actress
* Alice Waddington (born 1990), Spanish filmmaker
* Alice White (1904–1983), American actress
* Aliki Vougiouklaki (1934–1996), Greek actress
* Alicia Vikander (born 1988), Swedish actress
* Alycia Debnam-Carey (born 1993), Australian actress

Science and medicine

* Alice Mary Barry (1880–1955), pioneering Irish doctor
* Alice Fitzgerald (1875–1962), American nurse
* Alice Hamilton (1869–1970), American toxicologist
* Alice Miller (1923–2010), Swiss psychologist
* Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873–1972), French opisthobranch malacologist
* Alice Rivlin (1931–2019), American economist
* Alice Roberts (born 1973), British anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, anthropologist, television presenter, and author
* Alice Săvulescu (1905–1970), Romanian botanist
* Alice Whitley (1913–1990), Australian chemist and educator
* Alice Wilson (1881–1964), Canadian geologist and paleontologist
* Alice Vrielink, conducts research in crystallography.

Activists

* Alice Bunker Stockham (1833–1912), American suffragist
* Alice A. W. Cadwallader (1832–1910), American philanthropist and temperance activist
* Alice Davies (born 1870 – ''alive in'' 1919), British suffragette and nurse
* Alice P. Gannett (1875–1962), American settlement house worker and social reformer
* Alice Sudduth Byerly (1855–1904), temperance activist
* Alice Hamilton (1869–1970), peace activist during "the Great War"
* Alice Herz (1882–1965), anti-war protester
* Alice Meynell (1847–1922), English suffragist and poet
* Alice Milligan (1865–1953), Irish nationalist
* Alice Morrissey (''died in'' 1912), British Catholic, socialist leader and suffragette
* Alice Paul (1885–1977), American suffragist and British suffragette
* Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921), American social reformer
* Alice Schwarzer (born 1942), German feminist and publisher
* Alice Ames Winter (1865–1944), American litterateur, author, clubwoman, suffragist

Athletes

* Alice Blom (born 1980), Dutch volleyball player
* Alice D'Amato (born 2003), Italian artistic gymnast
* Alice Kertész (born 1935), Hungarian-born Olympic gymnastics medalist
* Alice Kinsella, (born 2001) British artistic gymnast
* Alisa Kleybanova (born 1989), Russian tennis player
* Alice Mills (born 1986), Australian Olympic swimmer
* Alice Noháčová (born 1967), Czech tennis player
* Alice Pirsu (born 1979), Romanian tennis player
* Alice Schlesinger (born 1988), Israeli Olympic judoka
* Alice Tortelli (born 1998), Italian footballer
* Alice Whitty (1934–2017), Canadian high jumper

Miscellaneous

* Alice Auma (1956–2007), Ugandan spiritualist and medium
* Alice Austen (1866–1952), photographer
* Alice Ayres (1859–1885), an English nursemaid honoured for her bravery in rescuing children from a house fire
* Alice Bailey (1880–1949), theologist and lecturer
* Alice Barnham (1592–1650), wife of Francis Bacon
* Alice Bentinck (born 1986), co-founder and COO of Entrepreneur First, London
* Lady Alice Boyle (1566–1643), wife of David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore
* Alice Brock (born 1941), owner of the Massachusetts eatery that inspired the Arlo Guthrie tune "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"
* Alice Willson Broughton (1889–1980), First Lady of North Carolina
* Alice Brown Davis (1852–1935), Seminole tribal chief
* Alice Brusewitz, New Zealand photographer
* Alice Burdeu (born 1988), 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 (born 1969), American puppeteer
* Aliki Diplarakou (1912–2002), Greek Miss Europe winner
* Alice Hanratty (born 1939), Irish artist
* Alice Houghton (1849–1920), Canadian-born American broker
* Alice Keppel (1868–1947), mistress of Edward VII of the United Kingdom
* Alice Elisabeth Kotalawala, Sri Lankan Sinhala businesswoman and philanthropist
* Alice Lau (disambiguation), several people
* Alice Liddell (1852–1934), the real person upon whom the eponymous heroine of ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' is based
* Alice Lisle (1617–1685), a judge at the trial of Charles I of England
* Alice Little, (born 1990), Irish–American sex-worker and advocate
* Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884–1980), only child of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee
* Alice Maher (born 1956), Irish painter and sculptor
* Alice Mahon (born 1937), British politician
* Alice Mak, Hong Kong artist and cartoonist
* Alice Manfield (1878–1960), or Guide Alice, Australian mountain guide, naturalist, photographer, chalet owner, and early feminist
* Alice Marriott (1907–2000), American businesswoman
* Alice Mofflin (1878–1961), Australian philanthropist and charity worker
* Lady Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott (1901–2004), Duchess of Gloucester
* Alice Naylor-Leyland, fashion writer
* Alice Neel (1900–1984), American artist
* Alice Nordin (1871–1948), Swedish sculptor
* Alice Orlowski (1903–1976), high-ranking Nazi SS officer
* Alice Ormsby-Gore (1952–1995), British socialite
* Alice Parizeau (1930–1990), Polish journalist
* Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861–1884), wife of Theodore Roosevelt
* Alice Strike (1896–2004), Canadian military veteran
* Alice B. Toklas (1877–1967), paramour of writer Gertrude Stein
* Alice Walton (born 1949), the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton
* Alice Waters (born 1944), American chef and restaurateur
* Alice Woods (1849–1941), British educationist
* Alice Young, first "witch" to be executed during the Salem witch trials

People with the surname Alice

* Antonio Alice (1886–1943), Argentine portrait painter
* Beatrice Kamuchanga Alice (born 1997), a long-distance runner from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Georgia Mannion (born 2003), professionally known as George Alice, Australian singer/songwriter
* Maria Alice de Fátima Rocha Silva (born 1971), known as Maria Alice, Cape Verdean singer
* Mary Alice (1936–2022), American film, television, and stage actress.

Fictional characters

; As single name
* Alice and Bob, Alice, a character commonly featured in cryptography books together with her partner Bob
* Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), 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 adaptation ''Alice in Wonderland (2010 film), Alice in Wonderland'' (2010)
* Miss Alice, a main character in Edward Albee's play ''Tiny Alice (1964 play), Alice'' originally portrayed by Irene Worth
* Alice, a yet-to-be-seen character in the anime/manga ''Rozen Maiden'' by Peach-Pit (manga artist duo), Peach-Pit
* Alice, the female protagonist in the manga ''Pandora Hearts''
* Alice, a character from Sylvain Chomet's animated film ''The Illusionist (2010 film), The Illusionist''
* Alice (Dilbert character), 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''
* List of The Tribe characters#Alice, Alice, a fictional character from the television series ''The Tribe (1999 TV series), The Tribe'' (1999–2003) played by Vanessa Stacey
* Pretenders (Transformers)#Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 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, a character in the 2012 adventure video game ''Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward'' initially introduced briefly in video game ''Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors''

; As given name

* Alice (Resident Evil), 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''
* Asmodeus Alice, a male character in the manga and anime series ''Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun''
* Alice Ayres, pseudonym for Jane Jones (played by Natalie Portman) in the film ''Closer (2004 film), Closer''
* Alice Bastable, a character in E. Nesbit's ''The Story of the Treasure Seekers''
* Alice Beckham, a 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 characters from ''Kin-iro Mosaic'' manga and anime series
* Alice Carter in TV series ''Torchwood: Children of Earth''
* Alice Cullen (Twilight), Alice Cullen, vampire character in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight (novel series), ''Twilight'' (novel series)
* Alice Elliot, a character from the ''Shadow Hearts'' series
* Buratino#Characters, 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 Green, a character from ''Big City Greens''
* Alice Glick, a character from ''The Simpsons''
* List of General Hospital characters#G, Alice Gunderson, a fictional character, the Quartermaines' maid on the American soap opera ''General Hospital''
* Alice (Friday the 13th), Alice Hardy, a character in the ''Friday the 13th (franchise), Friday the 13th'' series
* Alice Hayfer, a character in the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Drake & Josh''
* Alice Hiiragi, an antagonist from the video game ''Persona 5 Strikers''
* Alice Horton, a fictional character, a matriarch on the American soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''
* Alice Hyatt, protagonist on the American sitcom television series ''Alice (American TV series), Alice''
* Alice Johnson (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Alice Johnson, a character in the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise), Nightmare on Elm Street'' film series
* Alice Kramden, long-suffering wife of Ralph on the American sitcom ''The Honeymooners''
* Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation)#Original, Alice Longbottom, mother of Dumbledore's Army#Neville Longbottom, Neville Longbottom in the popular fictional ''Harry Potter'' series by J. K. Rowling
* Alice MacLeod, main character in Susan Juby's novel (2000) and the television series ''Alice, I Think (TV series), Alice, I Think''
* Alice Margatroid, from the Touhou Project, ''Touhou'' series of Shoot 'em up#Rail shooters, manic shooter
* Alice Martin is a minor character in the film ''Halloween II (1981 film), Halloween II'' (1980) and murder victim of Michael Myers (Halloween), Michael Myers
* Alice McKinley is the protagonist of the Alice series, eponymous book series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
* Alice Mitchell, the mother of the title character of Dennis the Menace (US), ''Dennis the Menace'' (US)
* Characters of The Brady Bunch#Alice Nelson, 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 (TV network), Showtime's lesbian drama series ''The L Word''
* Alice Quinn, a character in ''The Magicians (Grossman novel), The Magicians'' trilogy by Lev Grossman
* Alice the Rabbit, one of the main protagonists of the Bloody Roar fighting game series
* Alisa Selezneva, 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 (1990 film), Alice, portrayed by Mia Farrow
* Alice Twilight, a character in the Wii game ''No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle''
* 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 and anime series ''Sword Art Online'' and one of the protagonists of the ''Sword Art Online: Alicization, Alicization'' arc

References

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