Given name · also Latin
Licia
Licia is a variant of Lecia. In English use, Lecia carries the interpretation “woman of the nobility; truthful; having high moral character.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Licia is a variant of Lecia. In English use, Lecia carries the interpretation “woman of the nobility; truthful; having high moral character.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and English naming traditions.
How it developed
Licia connects to the Alice name family through Lecia. 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 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Licia connects to the Alice name family through Lecia. 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
Licia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 735
- 0 boys · 735 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 53 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 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 53 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 962 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.
Licia’s family of names
In Sicilian usage, Licia has a related form in Lisa. Licia is a form of Alicia. Licia has a related form in Lesia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lisavariant · Sicilian
- Lyciavariant
- Lisiavariant
- Lesiavariant
- Leeshavariant
- Leciavariant
- Leeciavariant
- Leeceavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
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 Licia
- Licia AlbaneseItalian-born American operatic soprano1909–2014
- Licia MagliettaItalian actressborn 1954
- Licia VerdeItalian cosmologist and theoretical physicistborn 1971
- Licia TroisiItalian writerborn 1980
- Licia RonzulliItalian nurse and politicianborn 1975
- Licia ColòItalian TV hostess and journalistborn 1962
- Licia Macchiniformer artistic gymnast1930–2018
- Licia FertzItalian model and influencerborn 1930
- Licia NunezItalian actressborn 1980
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