Given name & surname
Alick
“helper and defender of mankind”
In English use, Alick is a short form of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Alick is a short form of Alexander. One Greek interpretation is “helper and defender of mankind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Alick is a short form of Alexander. Alexander has been associated with Latin and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 65
- 65 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 9 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 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 201 as a first name in 2020; 168 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.
Alick’s family of names
Alick is a short form of Alexander. Alick has a feminine form in Alickina. Alick has a related form in Alec.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
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 Alick
- Alick BandaZambian Roman Catholic prelateborn 1963
- Alick WalkerBritish paleontologist (1925–1999)
- Alick BannermanAustralian cricketer (1854-1924)
- Alick IsaacsBritish virologist (1921–1967)
- Alick MaemaeSolomon Island footballerborn 1985
- Alick Buchanan-SmithBritish politician (1932-1991)
- Alick GrantEnglish footballer (1916-2008)
- Alick DownerAustralian politician (1910–1981)
- Alick JeffreyEnglish footballer (1939-2000)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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