Given name & surname
Alise
“noble”·“kind”·“type”
Alise 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
Alise 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
Alise is a variant of Alice. Alice developed through Old French from Adalheidis, the Germanic name also behind Adelaide.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Alise 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 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Alise 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
Alise through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,613
- 0 boys · 3,613 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 92 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #4,665 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,665 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 46.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 92 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,280 as a first name in 2020; 129 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.
Alise’s family of names
Alise has a related form in Alice. In Latvian usage, Alise has a conventional equivalent in the English form Alice. In Swedish usage, Alise has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Alicja.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alise has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
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 Alise
- Alise WilloughbyAmerican bicycle motocross riderborn 1991
- Alise FakhrutdinovaUzbekistani modern pentathleteborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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