Given name & surname
Alcide
Alcide is a surname from French. It is used in English, Italian, Norman, and Walloon.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alcide through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,003
- 1,003 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 357 as a first name in 2020; 655 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alcide’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alcide
- Alcide De GasperiItalian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)
- Alcide d'OrbignyFrench scientist (1802–1857)
- Guy MolletFrench politician (1905-1975)
- Alcide NunezEarly jazz clarinetist (1884–1934)
- Alcide LegrandFrench amateur wrestlerborn 1962
- Alcide MarinaItalian diplomat (1887-1950)
- Alcide PongaFrench politicianborn 1975
- Louis-Joseph Alcide RaillietVeterinarian and helminthologist (1852-1930)
- Alcide CeratoItalian bicycle racer1939–2026
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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