Alicia
/əˈlɪʃə/noun
A feminine given name, commonly regarded as a form of Alice.
Did you know?Alicia ultimately belongs to the same Germanic naming tradition as Adelaide, built from elements associated with nobility and rank.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*aþalą + *haiduz
“Noble lineage or status + kind, nature, or character”
8th Century
Old High German
Adalheidis
“Noble kind or noble character”
9th–10th Century
Old French
Adalais / Aalis
“Medieval forms and shortened forms of Adalheidis”
12th–13th Century
Old French
Aliz / Alice
“A feminine personal name developed from Aalis”
Medieval Latin
Latin
Alicia
“Latinized form of Alice”
Modern English
English
Alicia
“A feminine given name, generally pronounced uh-LEE-shə”