Given name & surname
Lecia
“noble”·“kind”·“type”
Lecia 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
In English use, Lecia carries the interpretation “woman of the nobility; truthful; having high moral character.” Lecia 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.
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Lecia is used as a form of Alice. Lecia 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 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lecia 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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Lecia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,169
- 0 boys · 1,169 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 93 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 girls is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 93 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,163 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.
Lecia’s family of names
Lecia is a form of Alice. Lecia has a related form in Lisha. Lecia has a related form in Lesha.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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.
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