Alicia

Alicia is a Latinate form of Alice, which derives from the Old French name Aalis, itself a contracted form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, composed of the elements adal, meaning noble, and heid, meaning kind or type. The name spread widely across Europe through medieval usage and gained lasting literary fame through Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Alicia became the standard Spanish, English, Swedish, and French spelling of this Latinate variant, while Alícia serves the Catalan and Portuguese traditions. Related forms include Alice, Alisha, Alissa, Adelaide, and Heidi.