Alice (given name)

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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 Aalis), short form of Adelais, which is derivation from the Germanic name Adalhaidis (see Adelaide (given name)), from the Germanic word elements adal, meaning ″noble″ and haid-, meaning ″heath(land), heather″.^[1]

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.^[2] 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. It ranked as the 172nd most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2010. Alice ranked as the 51st most common name for women in the United States in the 1990 census.^[3]

The name was most popular in the United States 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 United States, 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, the variants Alicia, Allison, and a short form, Allie, have been more popular names in the United States. Allison was the 38th most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2010; Alicia was the 220th most popular name for girls in the United States in 2010 and Allie was the 189th most popular name for girls in the United States in 2010. All three names have multiple spelling variants which are also well-used. Alyssa, the 20th most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2010, may sound like a variant, but it is historically of different origin, from the flower Alyssum.

Variants

People

Royalty

• Alice of Antioch
• Alice of Cyprus
• Alice Heine, Princess of Monaco and wife of Albert I of Monaco
• Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone; longest-lived Princess of The Blood Royal of the United Kingdom
• Princess Alice of Battenberg
• Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine; third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria

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 Thompson, Scottish novelist
• Alice Walker, author

Musicians

• Alice (Visconti, born Carla Bissi), Italian singer-songwriter
• 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, actress
• Alice Calhoun, American silent film actress
• Alice Cocéa, French actress
• Alice Connor, actress
• Alice Day, actress
• Alice Eve, English actress
• Alice Faye, actress and singer
• Alice Greczyn, American actress
• Alice Guy-Blaché, French filmmaker
• Alice Krige South African actress
• Ali MacGraw, actress; birth name is Elizabeth Alice
• Alice Pearce, actress
• Alice Robitaille, Canadian actress
• Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress
• Alice White, 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

Activists

• 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

Miscellaneous

• 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
• 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

Fictional characters

• 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

Songs about Alice

• "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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