Meaning of the nameAlise
- Female
- Germanic origin
- A-li-se
Alise is a female name that Behind the Name records as a variant of Alice, of Germanic origin linked to the idea of nobility.
Meaning
“variant of Alice, a Germanic name linked to 'nobility'”
Source: Behind the Name: Alise (2) · Behind the Name: Adelaide
- People (2022)
- 1,046
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,038
- Median age
- 7 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,302
- people
Alise in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Alise, 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 (440 people).
1,011 women 35 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 Alise is most common
States with the highest share of people named Alise in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 137 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 124 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 97 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 81 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 76 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 70 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 57 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 52 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 43 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 40 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 38 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 33 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 23 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 23 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 21 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 19 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 16 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Alise
Behind the Name lists Alise as an English variant of Alice, which comes from Old French Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself an abbreviation of Germanic Adalheidis (adal, 'noble', and heit, 'kind, sort'). Wiktionary gives Alice the Old High German chain Adalheid and proposes the Proto-Germanic origin 'noble' plus 'character'. Behind the Name also records a Latvian name Alise, of a different origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,046 people named Alise, with a median age of 7. In both spellings of the group, most of the people were born in 2010 or later, and almost all are women. Proportionally, Alise is most common in Bahia.
It is the most common spelling in the group, with a single -s-, as in the name recorded by Behind the Name.
Other spellings of Alise
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Alise | 1,046 |
| Alisse | 829 |
Sources
- Behind the Name: Alise (2) · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Alice · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Adelaide · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Alice · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Alise
What does the name Alise mean?
Alise means “variant of Alice, a Germanic name linked to 'nobility'”, according to Behind the Name.
How many people are named Alise in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,046 people with the first name Alise, which ranks it number 8,038 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Alise a boy's or a girl's name?
Alise is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,011 women and 35 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Alise?
Alise is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Alise most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Alise (124 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Alise?
Alisse. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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