Alice

Alice is of Old French and ultimately Old High German origin, derived from the name Aalis, a contracted form of Adelais, itself from the Germanic elements adal, meaning noble, and heid, meaning kind or type. The name was brought to England by the Normans and became widely used throughout medieval Europe. It gained enduring literary fame through Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), cementing its place in the English-speaking world. Related forms include Adelaide, Alicia, Alison, and the German Adelheid.