Given name & surname
Alicia
“noble”·“kind”·“type”
In Swedish use, Alicia has a related form in Alice. Alice’s older Germanic elements mean “noble” and “kind” or “type.” The connection with nobility belongs to the name’s linguistic roots. In English use, Alicia has a related form in Elisha. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my salvation.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Swedish use, Alicia has a related form in Alice. Alice’s older Germanic elements mean “noble” and “kind” or “type.” The connection with nobility belongs to the name’s linguistic roots. In English use, Alicia has a related form in Elisha. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my salvation.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Alicia has a related form in Alice. Alice developed through Old French from Adalheidis, the Germanic name also behind Adelaide. In English use, Alicia has a related form in Elisha. An origin associated with Elisha is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish use, Alicia has a related form in 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.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Swedish use, Alicia has a related form in 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
Alicia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 231,497
- 707 boys · 230,790 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 7,853 babies
- 2025
- 672
- #460 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 672 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 460 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7,820 in 1984. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (123). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 242,747 as a first name in 2020; 417 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.
Alicia’s family of names
In English usage, Alicia has a short form in Lisha. Alicia has a related form in Alyssa. In Swedish usage, Alicia has a related form in Alice.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alicia has relatives in 9 languages.
18 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alicia
- Jodie FosterAmerican actress and filmmaker (born 1962)
- Alicia KeysAmerican singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1981)
- Alicia VikanderSwedish actress (born 1988)
- Alicia SilverstoneAmerican actressborn 1976
- Alicia WittAmerican actress and singer-songwriter (born 1975)
- Alicia AlonsoCuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer (1920-2019)
- Alicia de LarrochaSpanish-Catalan pianist (1923–2009)
- Alicia FoxAmerican professional wrestlerborn 1986
- Alicia MolikAustralian tennis playerborn 1981
Characters named Alicia: Alicia Masters (Marvel Comics), Alicia Florrick (main character from the television series The Good Wife).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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