Meaning of the nameAlice
- Female
- Germanic origin
- A-li-ce
Alice is a female name of Germanic origin, coming from Old High German Adalheid, with elements meaning 'noble' and 'character'.
Meaning
“from Adalheid, with Germanic elements glossed as 'noble' and 'kind, character'”
Source: Wiktionary: Alice · Behind the Name: Alice · Behind the Name: Adelaide
- People (2022)
- 488,951
- Rank in Brazil
- #44
- Median age
- 7 years
- 2010 Census
- 192,260
- people
Alice in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Alice, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (216,126 people).
486,261 women 2,690 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Alice is most common
States with the highest share of people named Alice in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Distrito Federal 0.315%
- Minas Gerais 0.287%
- São Paulo 0.278%
- Paraná 0.274%
- Espírito Santo 0.274%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 123,606 | 0.278% |
| Minas Gerais | 58,959 | 0.287% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 42,406 | 0.264% |
| Bahia | 31,401 | 0.222% |
| Paraná | 31,389 | 0.274% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 27,669 | 0.254% |
| Santa Catarina | 20,207 | 0.266% |
| Goiás | 18,840 | 0.267% |
| Pernambuco | 17,063 | 0.188% |
| Pará | 15,739 | 0.194% |
| Espírito Santo | 10,493 | 0.274% |
| Maranhão | 9,908 | 0.146% |
| Ceará | 9,510 | 0.108% |
| Mato Grosso | 9,165 | 0.251% |
| Distrito Federal | 8,863 | 0.315% |
| Amazonas | 8,186 | 0.208% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 7,049 | 0.256% |
| Paraíba | 6,874 | 0.173% |
| Alagoas | 6,119 | 0.196% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 5,486 | 0.166% |
| Piauí | 4,395 | 0.134% |
| Sergipe | 4,387 | 0.199% |
| Rondônia | 3,745 | 0.237% |
| Tocantins | 3,108 | 0.206% |
| Amapá | 1,724 | 0.235% |
| Acre | 1,415 | 0.171% |
| Roraima | 1,245 | 0.196% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Alice
Wiktionary records Alice in Portuguese as a borrowing from English Alice, which comes from Old French Alys and Old High German Adalheid, a name proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic elements glossed as 'noble' and 'character'. Behind the Name gives a similar chain: Old French Aalis, a short form of Adelais, from Germanic Adalheidis, formed from adal, 'noble', and the suffix heit, 'kind, sort'. Adelaide is a name of the same origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 488,951 people named Alice, with a median age of 7; the name became much more frequent among those born from 2010 onward.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Alice · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Alice · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Adelaide · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Alice · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Alice
What does the name Alice mean?
Alice means “from Adalheid, with Germanic elements glossed as 'noble' and 'kind, character'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Alice in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 488,951 people with the first name Alice, which ranks it number 44 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Alice a boy's or a girl's name?
Alice is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 486,261 women and 2,690 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Alice?
Alice is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Alice most common?
Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.315% of the state's population is named Alice (8,863 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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