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Alaïs, Adalheidis, Alicia, Alisha, Alisa, Alissa |
Alice is a feminine given name used primarily in English and French. It is a feminized form of the Old French female name Alis (older Alais), short form of Adelais, which is derivation from the Germanic name Adalhaidis (see Adelaide), from the Proto-Germanic words *aþala-, meaning "noble" and *haiþjō-, meaning "heath(land), heather" or *haidu-, meaning "appearance; kind" (compare German Adel "nobility", edel "noble", nominalizing suffix -heit "-hood"), hence "of noble character or rank, of nobility". Alaïs is the Old French form of the name; Alys of Vexin was also known as Alaïs.
Alice was the most popular female baby name in Sweden in 2009 and has been among the top 10 names given to girls for the past five years. The name ranks in the top 100 most popular names for baby girls in Australia, Belgium, France, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland. In England and Wales it was ranked the 24th most popular name in 2015. It ranked as the 172nd most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2010.
The name was most popular in the US in the Victorian era and at the turn of the 20th century. It has been popularized by Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. It was also popular in the Victorian era due to The Princess Alice, a daughter of Queen Victoria. In the US, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, was occasionally known as "Princess Alice" in the press and inspired a song called Alice Blue Gown. In recent years in the US, the variants Alicia, Alison, and a short form, Allie, have been more popular names: in 2010, Alison was the 38th most popular; Alicia was the 220th most popular,and Allie was the 189th most popular. All three names have multiple spelling variants which are also well-used. Alyssa, the 20th most popular in 2010, may sound like a variant, but it is historically of different origin, from the flower Alyssum.
Authors and Poets
Alice Adams, American author
Alice Albinia, author
Alice Cary, poet
Alice Fulton, poet and author
Alice Hoffman, author of Practical Magic
Alice McDermott, author
Alice Duer Miller, author and poet
Alice Munro, Canadian author
Alice Rivaz, Swiss author
Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones
Alice Sheldon, better known by her pen name James Tiptree Jr.
Alice Thompson, Scottish novelist
Alice Walker, author
Alice (Visconti, born Carla Bissi), Italian singer-songwriter
Alice (born Song Joo-hee), South Korean singer, a member of Hello Venus
Alice (born Song Joo-hee), South Korean singer, a member of Hello Venus
Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress
Alice Caymmi, Brazilian singer
Alice Coltrane, jazz pianist
Alice Cooper, male rock musician (see also The Alice Cooper Show and Alice Cooper Goes to Hell)
Alice Coote, British opera singer
Alice Deejay, Dutch dance music artist
Alice in Chains, American metal band
Alice Nutter (musician), a member of the British music band Chumbawumba
Alice Prin, singer and actress
Alice Mary Smith, English composer
Alice Spooner, keyboardist in English Grime/New Rave band Hadouken!
Alice Glass, vocalist in electronic duo Crystal Castles
Actresses and Filmmakers
Alice Barrett, actress
Alice Bellagamba, Italian actress and dancer
Alice Brady, American actress
Alice Calhoun, American silent film actress
Alice Cocéa, French actress
Alice Connor, British actress
Alice Davenport, American actress
Alice Day, American actress
Alice Dovey, American stage actress
Alice Evans, American-born British actress
Alice Eve, English actress
Alice Faye, actress and singer
Alice Gale, American actress
Alice Greczyn, American actress
Alice Guy-Blaché, French filmmaker
Alice Hollister, American actress
Alice Howell, American actress
Alice Joyce, American silent film actress
Alice Krige, South African actress
Alice Lake, American actress
Ali MacGraw, actress; birth name is Elizabeth Alice
Alice Mann, American actress
Alice Pearce, actress
Alice Robitaille, Canadian actress
Alice B. Russell, American actress
Alice Terry, American actress
Alice White, American actress
Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress
Alycia Debnam-Carey, Australian actress
Science and Medicine
Alice Hamilton, toxicologist
Alice Miller, Swiss psychologist
Alice Pruvot-Fol, French opisthobranch malacologist
Alice Rivlin, psychologist
Alice Roberts, British anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, anthropologist, television presenter, and author
Alice Wilson, Canadian geologist and paleontologist
Alice Bunker Stockham, American suffragist
Alice Hamilton peace activist during "the Great War"
Alice Herz, anti-war protestor
Alice Meynell English suffragist and poet
Alice Milligan, Irish nationalist
Alice Paul, American suffragist
Alice Schwarzer, German feminist and publisher
Alice Auma, Ugandan spiritualist and medium
Alice Austen, photographer
Alice Bailey, theologist and lecturer
Alice Barnham, wife of Francis Bacon
Alice Bentinck, co-founder and COO of Entrepreneur First, London
Alice Blom, Dutch volleyball player
Lady Alice Boyle, wife of David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore
Alice Brock, owner of the Massachusetts eatery that inspired the Arlo Guthrie tune "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"
Alice Brown Davis, Seminole tribal chief
Alice Burdeu, Australian Fashion Model and winner of Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3
Alice Elizabeth Doherty (1887–1933), known for her rare condition of hypertrichosis lanuginosa
Aliki Diplarakou, Greek Miss Europe winner
Alice Hanratty, Irish artist
Alice Keppel, mistress of Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Alice Kertész, Hungarian-born Olympic gymnastics medalist
Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player
Alice Liddell, the real person upon whom the eponymous heroine of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is based
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, only child of Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee
Alice Lisle, a judge at the trial of Charles I of England
Alice Maher Irish painter and sculptor
Alice Mahon, British politician
Alice Mak, Hong Kong artist and cartoonist
Alice Manfield, or Guide Alice, Australian mountain guide, naturalist, photographer, chalet owner, and early feminist
Alice Mills, Australian Olympic swimmer
Lady Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duchess of Gloucester
Alice Neel, American artist
Alice Orlowski, high-ranking Nazi SS officer
Alice Parizeau, Polish journalist
Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, wife of Theodore Roosevelt
Alice Schlesinger, Israeli Olympic judoka
Alice Strike, Canadian military veteran
Alice B. Toklas, paramour of writer Gertrude Stein
Alice Walton, the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton
Alice Waters, American chef and restaurateur
Alice Whitty, Canadian high jumper
Alice Young, first "witch" to be executed during the Salem witch trials
Alice, the eponymous heroine of the Lewis Carroll novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Alice Beckham, a fictional character from anime series Machine Robo Rescue
Alice Tate, main character in Woody Allen's film Alice, portrayed by Mia Farrow
Alice Abernathy, a fictional character in the Resident Evil film series, portrayed by Milla Jovovich
Alice Carter in TV series Torchwood: Children of Earth
Alice, a fictional dancer from Konami's Dance Dance Revolution series.
Alice Mitchell, the mother of the title character of Dennis the Menace (US)
Alice MacLeod, main character in Susan Juby's novel and television series, Alice, I Think
Alice, a caffeine-crazed engineer from Scott Adams' comic strip Dilbert
Alice, Peter's male pet rabbit in Meg Rosoff's book, Just in Case.
Alice, Mary Elizabeth's friend in Stephen Chbosky's novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Alice, a fictional character from The Tribe (1999–2003) played by Vanessa Stacey
Alice Ayres, pseudonym for Jane Jones (played by Natalie Portman) in the film Closer
Alice Elliot, a fictional character from the Shadow Hearts series
Alice (Alisa) Selezneva, the main heroine of Kir Bulychov's children's science fiction book series.
Alice Brady of the Friday the 13th series.
Alice Gunderson, a fictional character, the Quartermaines' maid on the American soap opera General Hospital
Alice Horton, a fictional character, a matriarch on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
Alice Hyatt, protagonist on the American sitcom Alice
Alice Kramden, long-suffering wife of Ralph on the American sitcom The Honeymooners
Alice Nelson, the housekeeper for the Bradys on The Brady Bunch
Alice Pieszecki, a fictional character from Showtime's lesbian drama series The L Word
Alice the Rabbit, one of the main protagonists of the Bloody Roar fighting game series
Alice Cullen, vampire character in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight
Alice Longbottom, mother of Neville Longbottom in the popular fictional Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
Alice Johnson, a character in the Nightmare on Elm Street series.
Alicia Johns, a character from Enid Blyton's children's novel Malory Towers
Alice Seno, a character from the manga Alice 19th
Alice Margatroid, from the Touhou series of manic shooter
Alice Bastable, a character in E. Nesbit's The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Alice, a yet-to-be-seen character in the anime/manga Rozen Maiden by Peach-Pit
Alice, the female protagonist in the manga Pandora Hearts
Alice Kingsley, the main character in Alice in wonderland from Tim Burton movie
Alice, a character from Sylvain Chomet's animated film The Illusionist
Alice is a minor character in the film Halloween II (1980). She is murdered by Michael Myers
Alice is a character in the film Friday the 13th (1980). She is the only character to survive not being murdered by Pamela Voorhees.
Alice Twilight, a character in the Wii game No More Heroes 2
Alice, from Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Alice (Transformers), a character in the 2009 movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Alice Schuberg, one of the female protagonists in the light novel Sword Art Online
Alice Yotsuba, one of the main characters in the magical girl anime Dokidoki! PreCure
"Alice Practice" by Crystal Castles from the EP of that name
"White Rabbit", the most popular song from the 1960s psychedelic rock group Jefferson Airplane
"All the Girls Love Alice" by Elton John from the album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
"Blues for Alice", written by Charlie Parker and performed by Roland Kirk in the album We Free Kings
"Go ask Alice" by The Legendary Pink Dots from the album Asylum
"Living Next Door to Alice", by New World, made famous by Smokie, with a further adaptation by Gompie
"Alice" from the Nana Kitade album titled 18: Eighteen. There is also a metal version of this song produced by Marty Friedman on the Nana Kitade album Berry Berry Singles
"Alice", song and the title of a 2002 album by Tom Waits.
"Watching Alice" by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds released on the album Tender Prey.
"Alice", a 1982 song by The Sisters of Mercy
"Alice" by Avril Lavigne, "Her Name is Alice" by Shinedown, "Alice's Theme" by Danny Elfman and eighteen other songs on the Almost Alice album based on or inspired by Tim Burton's film Alice in Wonderland
"Blue Alice" by Ayria, from her album, Hearts For Bullets
"Alice" by Stevie Nicks, from her album, The Other Side of the Mirror
"Alice" by Moby, from his album, Last Night
"Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie
"Alice" by the Cocteau Twins, released with the single "Violaine"
"Alice" by Marillion, an early version of what became "Forgotten Sons"
"Alice What's The Matter?" by Terrorvision 1994 From the album How to Make Friends and Influence People
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