Meaning of the nameAlícia

Female
Germanic origin
A-lí-ci-a

Alícia is a feminine name of Germanic origin, the Portuguese form of Alice, which comes from Old High German Adalheid, linked to 'noble' and 'character'.

Meaning

“form of Alice, a Germanic name whose elements are read as 'noble' and 'character'”

Source: Wiktionary: Alice · Behind the Name: Alice

People (2022): 84,293
Rank in Brazil: #363
Median age: 7 years
2010 Census: 23,228; people

Alícia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Alícia, 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 (39,172 people).

83,866 women 427 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 Alícia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Alícia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Alagoas 0.072%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.063%
Sergipe 0.063%
Pernambuco 0.057%
Paraíba 0.052%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	19,540	0.044%
Minas Gerais	8,936	0.044%
Rio de Janeiro	8,182	0.051%
Bahia	5,278	0.037%
Pernambuco	5,120	0.057%
Paraná	3,749	0.033%
Rio Grande do Sul	3,480	0.032%
Ceará	2,788	0.032%
Santa Catarina	2,783	0.037%
Pará	2,672	0.033%
Maranhão	2,656	0.039%
Alagoas	2,244	0.072%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,094	0.063%
Paraíba	2,075	0.052%
Goiás	1,974	0.028%
Espírito Santo	1,453	0.038%
Amazonas	1,399	0.036%
Sergipe	1,394	0.063%
Mato Grosso	1,309	0.036%
Piauí	1,123	0.034%
Distrito Federal	1,047	0.037%
Mato Grosso do Sul	972	0.035%
Rondônia	560	0.035%
Tocantins	471	0.031%
Acre	383	0.046%
Amapá	330	0.045%
Roraima	281	0.044%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Alícia

Wiktionary records Alícia as a feminine name equivalent to the English Alicia and gives Alice as an alternative form; Behind the Name describes Alicia as a Latinized form of Alice. Alice comes from Middle English and Old French Alys, from the Old High German Adalheid, which Wiktionary proposes derives from Proto-Germanic elements glossed as 'noble' and 'character'; for this reason Alice and Adelaide have the same origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 84,293 people named Alícia, with a median age of 7. The name was rare until the 1980s, grew from the 1990s on, and had its largest number of girls born in the 2010s; proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.

Sources

Wiktionary: Alice · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Alice · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Alicia · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Alícia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Alicia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Alícia

What does the name Alícia mean?

Alícia means “form of Alice, a Germanic name whose elements are read as 'noble' and 'character'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Alícia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 84,293 people with the first name Alícia, which ranks it number 363 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Alícia a boy's or a girl's name?

Alícia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 83,866 women and 427 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Alícia?

Alícia is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Alícia most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.072% of the state's population is named Alícia (2,244 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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