Given name & surname
Alesia
“noble”·“kind”·“type”
Alesia is a variant of Alice. Alice’s older Germanic elements mean “noble” and “kind” or “type.” The connection with nobility belongs to the name’s linguistic roots.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alesia is a variant of Alice. Alice’s older Germanic elements mean “noble” and “kind” or “type.” The connection with nobility belongs to the name’s linguistic roots.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alesia is a variant of Alice. Alice developed through Old French from Adalheidis, the Germanic name also behind Adelaide.
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How it developed
Alesia is a variant of Alice. The shared background comes through Alice: The longer Adalheidis was greatly shortened before reaching its Old French form. Alice and Adelaide therefore share an older source, even though they became distinct names.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Alesia is a variant of Alice. The history of Alice gives this family its wider story. Alice returned to wider use in the nineteenth century. Lewis Carroll’s two Alice stories gave it an enduring literary association; his heroine drew inspiration from Alice Liddell.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Alesia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,544
- 0 boys · 7,544 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 455 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #4,360 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,360 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 15.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 455 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,397 as a first name in 2020; 205 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.
Alesia’s family of names
Alesia has a related form in Alice. In English usage, Alesia has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Алеся.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Alessiaequivalent
- Aliciaequivalent
- Alisaequivalent
- Aleciaequivalent
- Alasiaequivalent
- Alicjaequivalent
- Alesyaequivalent
- Алисаequivalent
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People named Alesia
- Alesia Zaitsavabadminton playerborn 1985
- Alesya KuznetsovaRussian judoka (1992-)
- Alesia GrafBelarusian-born German boxer (1980-2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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