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 [ 3 syll. a-li-cia, al-ic-ia ] The girl name Alicia is pronounced ahLIHSHah †. Alicia has its origins in the Germanic language. It is used largely in the English, Latinized, Spanish, and Scandinavian languages. The meaning of Alicia is 'of a noble kind'. Two-element name derived from adal and heit with the meanings 'noble, honorable' and 'kind, sort, type' respectively. The name Alice was Latinized as Alesia and Alicia as early as the 12th century, and in the 19th century, the form Alicia was popularized by romance writers. Alicia is an English, Latinized, and Spanish form of the English and Italian Adelaide. Alicia is also an English, Latinized, and Spanish form of the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Adelheid. Alicia is also an English, Latinized, Scandinavian, and Spanish form of the Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese Alice. Alicia is the feminine equivalent of the Spanish Alicio. The name Alicia is used to a great extent; it has 45 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Alease, Alecia, Aleesha, Aleisha, Alesha (used in Russian too), Aleshia, Alesia, Alica (used in Czech and Slavic too), Alicea, Alieshea, Alisa (used in German, Russian, Slavic, and Hebrew too), Alisha (used in Indian too), Alishia, Alisia (used in Polish too), Alissa (used in Hebrew too), Alissia, Alisya, Aliza (used in Hebrew too), Allycia, Allyssa, Alysa, Alysha, Alyssa (used in Hebrew too), Alyssia, Elicia, Elysia, Leisha, Lesha, and Lesia. Other English forms include the pet forms Lecia, Licia (used in Italian too), Lisha, and Lyssa, and the spelling variants Allicia, Allyssha, Alycia, and Alysia. Forms used in foreign languages include the name Aleecia, the name Alicha, the name Alician, the Polish Alicja, the name Alicya, the Catalan and Portuguese Alícia, the name Ilysa, and the name Lisi. See also the related form, the English Elisha. Alicia is popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1980s. Its usage peaked modestly in 1984 with 0.434% of baby girls being named Alicia. It was #40 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a drop in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #178 with a usage of 0.089%, but it was nevertheless the 2nd most popular after Alyssa, among all girl names in its family. It was 5 times more popular than Alicia in 2008. Baby names that sound like Alicia include the Catalan and Portuguese Alícia, the English Alysha, the English Elicia, the name Aalisha, the English Alaisa, the name Alaqua, the English Alaska, the English Alecia, the English and Hebrew Aleeza, the Greek and Spanish Aleka, the Slavic Alekko, the Russian and Slavic Aleksey, the Slavic Aleksi, the Russian and English Alesha, the English Aleshia, the Polish Aleska, the Italian Alessa, the Hawaiian Aletia, the English, German, Greek, Hungarian, and Spanish Alexa, and the English Alexi. Details of famous persons named Alicia: † Pronunciation for Alicia: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
