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Alicia

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Meaning

Noble character or kind, in the Alice-derived naming tradition.

Alicia is documented as a Latinate Alice form. The Alice entry proposes Germanic elements meaning noble and character. This qualified root interpretation is separate from the licensed sweet or honest glosses.

Origin

Latinate form of Alice, with Old French and Germanic ancestry.

The exact English entry identifies Alice, Old French Adelais and Germanic Adalheid. Latinate formation is distinct from an ultimately Latin root.

English pronunciation

UK: /əˈliːsi.ə/; US: /əˈliːʃə/; Canada: /əˈliːʃ(j)ə/

Recorded English personal-name readings, approximately uh-LEE-see-uh or uh-LEE-shuh, with second-syllable stress. The optional Canadian y sound is retained in IPA. A bearer’s preferred reading can differ.

Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.

Published name usage

Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.

Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
PlaceYearRecorded usagePublished birthsRankNotes
Canada2025Girls115 · preliminary2722025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
France2025Girls405 (rounded to 5)127Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales2025Girls78514Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published.
Northern Ireland2022Girls6266Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Scotland2025Girls5539Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Ireland2025Girls11352Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
United States2025Girls672460Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
United States2005Boys511472Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.

Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.

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Language of use: English

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The exact English section explicitly documents personal-name use. This list is not exhaustive. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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Language of use: French

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The exact French section explicitly documents personal-name use. This list is not exhaustive. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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Language of use: Spanish

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The exact Spanish section explicitly documents personal-name use. This list is not exhaustive. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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Language of use: Swedish

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The exact Swedish section explicitly documents personal-name use. This list is not exhaustive. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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Language of use: Tagalog

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The exact Tagalog section explicitly documents personal-name use. This list is not exhaustive. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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Meaning: Noble character or kind, in the Alice-derived naming tradition.

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Alicia is documented as a Latinate Alice form. The Alice entry proposes Germanic elements meaning noble and character. This qualified root interpretation is separate from the licensed sweet or honest glosses. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia, Alice entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alice&oldid=93361548. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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Origin: Latinate form of Alice, with Old French and Germanic ancestry.

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The exact English entry identifies Alice, Old French Adelais and Germanic Adalheid. Latinate formation is distinct from an ultimately Latin root. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia, Alice entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alice&oldid=93361548. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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English pronunciation: UK: /əˈliːsi.ə/; US: /əˈliːʃə/; Canada: /əˈliːʃ(j)ə/

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Recorded English personal-name readings, approximately uh-LEE-see-uh or uh-LEE-shuh, with second-syllable stress. The optional Canadian y sound is retained in IPA. A bearer’s preferred reading can differ. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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Related name: Elisha

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The English Elisha entry records a female Alicia-variant tradition, separate from the biblical Hebrew male Elisha history. This relationship concerns that female variant route; the two Elisha traditions do not share one meaning or pronunciation. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Elisha entry. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Elisha&oldid=93567489. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names qualified the documented relationship to its explicit naming tradition. No quotations, images or recordings reused.

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Syllables: 4 in the recorded UK reading; 3 in the recorded US/Canadian readings

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The exact entry records different English readings; the optional Canadian y sound does not add a separate syllable. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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Spelling variant: Alisha

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Relationship explicitly recorded in the reviewed given-name section; spellings remain separate in popularity statistics.

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Spelling variant: Alisia

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The exact English personal-name entry explicitly lists Alisia as an alternative form. Spellings and preferred pronunciations remain distinct. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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Spelling variant: Alissia

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The exact English personal-name entry explicitly lists Alissia as an alternative form. Spellings and preferred pronunciations remain distinct. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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Spelling variant: Alycia

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The exact English personal-name entry explicitly lists Alycia as an alternative form. Spellings and preferred pronunciations remain distinct. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Alicia entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Alicia&oldid=93486867. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.

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Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk

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License: Open Government Licence v3.0

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(C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence

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U.S. Social Security Administration

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Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.

Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.

License: Statistics Canada Open Licence

Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.

Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.

License: CC BY 4.0

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Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.

Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.

License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)

Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.

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