Alice

German
"noble"

Alice Origin and Meaning

The name Alice is a girl's name of German origin meaning "noble".

Alice is a classic literary name that's both strong and sweet, ranking in the US Top 100 and popular throughout the western world. Alice is derived from the Old French name Aalis, a diminutive of Adelais that itself came from the Germanic name Adalhaidis, which is composed of the Proto-Germanic elements aþala, meaning "noble," and haidu, "kind, appearance, type."

Alice is quite distinct among traditional girls’ names—more feminine and dainty than Mary and Helen, more substantive than Ann or Jane, yet with more lightness and innocent charm than Margaret or Katharine.

Alice has been riding a fresh wave of popularity, not only in the US and other English-speaking countries but in places as diverse as Italy, France, Brazil, and Sweden. That makes Alice a remarkably international choice.

Alice is a darling of literature, from the immortal heroine in Alice in Wonderland to an unusual number of fine modern writers like Alices Munro, Walker, Sebold, Hoffman, McDermott, Adams, and Elliott Dark. In other fields, there were First Daughter Alice Roosevelt, painter Alice Neel, food innovator Alice Waters, and literary figure Alice B. Toklas, to name a few.

As a British royal, Alice was Queen Victoria's second daughter, the princess who shocked her Victorian mother by breastfeeding her baby. More recently, Tina Fey helped popularize the name when she chose it for her daughter.

# 65 in the US

Alice Rank in US Top 1000

# 22 on Nameberry

Alice Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Alice Popularity

Famous People Named Alice

  • (Marie) Alice Heine
    Princess consort of Albert I of Monaco
  • Alice of Champagne
    Queen consort of Hugh I of Cyprus
  • Alice Maud Mary
    Princess of the U.K.; Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine; daughter of Queen Victoria
  • (Victoria) Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie of Battenberg
    Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, mother of Britain's Prince Philip
  • Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline of Albany
    Princess of the U.K.; Countess of Athlone; granddaughter of Queen Victoria
  • Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott
    Princess of the U.K.; Duchess of Gloucester; wife of Prince Henry
  • Alice (Alicia Maria Carolina Ferdinanda Rachael Giovanna Filomena)
    Princess of Bourbon,Parma, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
  • Alice Perrers
    mistress of King Edward III of England
  • Alice Babette Toklas
    American memoirist; partner of author Gertrude Stein
  • Alice Sophia Eve
    English actress
  • Alice Taglioni
    French actress
  • Alice Glass
    Canadian American lead singer of band Crystal Castles
  • Alice Hannah Meiqui Greczyn
    American actress and model
  • Alice Ann Munro
    Canadian novelist
  • Alice Lisle
    English martyr
  • Alice Stokes Paul
    American suffragist
  • Alice Roosevelt Longworth
    daughter of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
  • Alice Schwarzer
    German feminist and publisher
  • Alice Sebold
    American novelist
  • Alice Malsenior Walker
    American novelist and activist
  • Alice Jane Evans
    British actress
  • Alice Ripley
    American actress
  • Alice Burdeu
    Australian fashion model
  • Alice Pleasance Liddell
    English girl who inspired Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland"
  • Alice Allegra Englert
    Australian actress
  • Alice Felgate
    British actress
  • Alice of Jerusalem
    Princess of Antioch
  • Alice Hoffman
    American novelist
  • Alice McDermott
    American novelist
  • Alice Faye (born Alice Jeane Leppert)
    American actress
  • Alice Siu
    Ping Chan Wong, Canadian MP and cabinet minister
  • Alice Mary Tait
    Australian Olympic swimmer
  • Alice "Allie" Marriott
    co,founder of Marriott International
  • Alice Waters
    American chef
  • Alice Cecilia Linh Svensson
    Swedish singer
  • Elizabeth Alice "Ali" MacGraw
    American actress
  • Alice Cooper (born Vincent Furnier)
    American male rock musician
  • Alice Massey (b. 1977)
    daughter of actors Daniel Massey and Penelope Wilton
  • Alice Nina Deen (b. 1982)
    daughter of designer Nina Campbell
  • Alice Walker (b. 1991)
    daughter of singer Sara Dallin of Bananarama and dancer Bassey Walker
  • Alice Coltrane (b. 1998)
    daughter of actor Robbie Coltrane
  • Alice Zenobia Richmond (b. 2005)
    daughter of actress Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond
  • Alice Ann Cavanagh (b. 2006)
    daughter of actor Tom Cavanagh
  • Alice Rigney Oswalt (b. 2009)
    daughter of actor Patton Oswalt
  • Alice Grace Green (b. 2013)
    daughter of novelist John Green
  • Alice Harper Fiore Tigerman (b. 2013)
    daughter of actress Kathryn Fiore and Gabriel Tigerman
  • Alice Rose Wood (b. 2016)
    daughter of English rock musician, songwriter, multi,instrumentalist, artist, author and radio personality Ronnie Wood
  • Alice Goodwin (b. 1985) British Glamour Model
    from England
  • Alice Ball
    American chemist

Alice in Pop Culture

  • "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    " novel by Lewis Carroll
  • Alice Kingsleigh
    character in 2010 film "Alice in Wonderland," based on the novel
  • Alice Abernathy
    main character in "Resident Evil" series
  • Alice Ayres
    character in play/film "Closer"
  • Alice Baskerville
    character in the manga/anime "Pandora Hearts"
  • Alice Hyatt
    main character in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," 1974 film and TV series "Alice"
  • Alice "Lola" Ackerman
    character in "Cam"
  • Alice Cullen
    character in the Twilight Saga
  • Alice McKinley
    main character in the Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • Alice Kinnon
    character in 1998 film "The Last Days of Disco"
  • "The Disappearance of Alice Creed
    " 2009 thriller film
  • Alice Longbottom
    character in the "Harry Potter" series
  • Alice Stockhour
    character in Lauren DeStefano's "The Internment Chronicles"
  • Alice
    character in "Living Dead Girl" by Elizabeth Scott
  • Dame Alice
    character in "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Alice Donnelly
    character in "Racing with the Moon"
  • Alice May Doyle
    character on TV's "Frasier"
  • Alice Fairfax
    character in "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
  • Alice Holbrook
    character in "The Truth About Love"
  • Alice Leeds
    character in "Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac" by Gabrielle Zevin
  • Alice Menton
    character in "Facing Death" by G. A. Henty
  • Alice Munro
    character in "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Alice Quinn
    character in "The Magicians" by Lev Grossman
  • Alice Woods
    character in "Channel Zero"
  • Alice Rannt
    character in "Sims: 3 Moonlight Bay"
  • Alice Westfall Rasheed
    character in "Virgins of Paradise" by Barbara Wood
  • Alice Starky
    character in "This Golden Land" by Barbara Wood
  • Alice Tallis
    character in 2002 film "Killing Me Softly"
  • Alice Twilight
    character in "No More Heroes 2"
  • Alice Wood
    character in "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
  • Alice Angel
    character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
  • Alice Hamilton
    main character in 2009 miniseries "Alice"
  • Alice Jean Stamper Greer Elleston
    character in Barbara Kingsolver's "The Bean Trees"
  • Alice May Waters
    character in novel "Shooter" by Caroline Pignat
  • Alice Elizabeth Milthorpe
    twin character in the "Prophecy of the Sisters" trilogy; twin of sister Amelia
  • Alice Cooper
    mother to Polly and Betty Cooper in Archie Comics and TV's Riverdale
  • Alice
    character in "Normal Lost Phone"
  • Alice
    character in "The Ancient Magus's Bride"
  • "Go Ask Alice
    " 1971 novel written anonymously
  • Alice
    a programming language
  • Alice in Chains
    an American rock band
  • Alice Nine
    Japanese rock band
  • Alice + Olivia
    a fashion brand
  • "Alice
    " a song by Moby
  • "Alice Academy
    " anime series
  • Alice
    character in video game Detroit Become Human
  • Alice Mayberry
    character in 'The Clock' (1945) played by Judy Garland
  • Alice
    character in the Dilbert Comic Strip
  • Alice Morgan
    character in TV show “Luther”
  • Alice
    character from the Star Trek: Voyager episode titled "Alice" , Alice was the name that Tom Paris gave to an alien shuttlecraft he bought from Abaddon's Repository of Lost Treasures in the Delta Quadrant. The ship's computer contained a program that could manifest itself as a person to its pilot.
  • Alice Lonsdale (nee Parslow)
    character in "The Book of Dust" series by Philip Pullman.