Alice

Alice is an Old French name, a contracted form of Adelais, itself derived from the Germanic name Adalheidis, composed of the elements adal, meaning noble, and heid, meaning kind or type, giving an overall sense of noble natured. The name was carried into widespread use across medieval Europe through the Norman Conquest and was borne by numerous medieval noblewomen, later gaining lasting cultural prominence as the protagonist of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Variant forms and cognates include Adelaide, Adela, Alicia, Alison, and Heidi.