Given name
Alicja
“noble”·“kind”·“type”
Alicja is a form 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
Alicja is a form 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
Alicja is a form of Alice. Alice developed through Old French from Adalheidis, the Germanic name also behind Adelaide.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Alicja is used as a form of Alice. Alicja is a form 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 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Alicja is a form 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.
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Alicja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 399
- 0 boys · 399 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #10,970 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,970 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,300 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alicja’s family of names
In Polish usage, Alicja has a diminutive in Ala. In Polish usage, Alicja developed from the Old High German form Adalheidis. In Polish usage, Alicja has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Alicia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alicja has relatives in 24 languages.
19 related names in 24 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alicja
- Alicja SzemplińskaPolish singer (born 2002)
- Alicja RosolskaPolish tennis playerborn 1985
- Alicja Bachleda-CuruśPolish actress and singerborn 1983
- Alicja KotowskaPolish nun (1899-1939)
- Alicja KlasikPolish fencerborn 2004
- Alicja GrześkowiakPolish university teacher and lawyerborn 1941
- Alicja IwańskaPolish sociologist1918–1996
- Alicja TchórzPolish swimmerborn 1992
- Alicja KwadePolish visual artist and photographer (born 1979)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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