Alicia (given name)

Alicia

Pronunciation	/əˈlɪʃ(i)ə,-liː-,-siə/ Spanish: [aˈliθja]
Gender	Female
Language	Spanish form of Alice , from Old High German Adelheidis
Origin
Meaning	Nobility
Other names
Variant forms	Alecia (Alisia), Alycia, Alisha, Alesha
See also	Alice, Alyssa, Alix, Alison, Allison, Adelaide, Adelaida, Adele, Adela, Adelia, Adelina, Zélie

Alicia is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Alice, which comes from the Germanic name Adalheidis (Adelaide), meaning "noble natured" (noble of kind). ^[1]

People with the given name

• Alicia Abella, American engineer
• Alicia Aberley (born 1984), Australian swimmer
• Alicia Agneson (born 1996), Swedish actress
• Alicia Agut (1929–2017), Spanish actress
• Alicia Albe (born 1977), American rhythmic gymnast
• Alicia Alfonso (born 1963), Uruguayan actress
• Alicia Alonso (1920–2019) Cuban dancer
• Germelina Viana Hernandez, known as Alicia Alonzo (born 1946), Filipino actress
• Alicia Amatriain (born 1980), Spanish ballet dancer
• Alicia Amherst (1865–1941), English horticulturist, botanist, and author of the first scholarly account of English gardening history
• Alicia Andrews (born 1966 or 1967), American politician
• Alicia Appleman-Jurman (1930–2017), Polish memoirist of the Holocaust
• Alicia Arango (born 1958), Colombian politician and businesswoman
• Alicia Armendariz, known as Alice Bag (born 1958), American punk rock singer and author
• Alicia Ashley (born 1967), Jamaican boxer
• Alicia Atout (born 1995), Canadian interviewer and YouTube personality
• Alicia Austin (born 1942), American fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator
• Alicia Austria-Martinez (born 1940), Filipina judge
• Alicia Banit (born 1990), Australian actress and dancer
• Alicia Brännback (born 2000), Swedish taekwondo athlete
• Alicia Bárcena (born 1952), Mexican United-Nations official
• Alicia Barker (born 1998), professional footballer who plays as a defender
• Alicia Barnett (born 1993), British professional tennis player
• Alicia Barney (born 1952), Colombian artist
• Alicia Barrancos (born 1972), Argentine freestyle swimmer
• Sara Ramona Alicia Masriera del Campillo, known as Alicia Barrié (1915–2002), Chilean actress
• Alicia Bellán (1931–2018), Argentine film actress
• Alicia Berneche (born 1971), American lyric coloratura soprano
• Alicia Bertone, American academic, administrator, researcher, and veterinary surgeon
• Alicia Bezuidenhout (born 1967), South African former cricketer
• Alicia Blagg (born 1996), British former diver
• Alicia Blomberg (born 1989), Canadian ball hockey player
• Alicia Bobadilla (born 1994), Paraguayan professional footballer
• Alicia Boole Stott (1860–1940), British mathematician
• Alicia Borinsky, US-based Argentine novelist, poet and literary critic
• Alicia Borrachero (born 1968), Spanish actress
• Alicia Boscatto (born 1960), Argentine breaststroke swimmer
• Alicia Boutilier (born 1968), Chief Curator and Curator of Canadian Historical Art at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Kingston
• Alicia Boyle (1908–1997), Irish abstract marine and landscape artist
• Alicia Bozon (born 1984), French former freestyle swimmer
• Alicia Brandet, American actress
• Alicia Brandt, television and film actress
• Alicia Bridges (born 1953), American pop singer
• Alicia Brown (born 1990), Canadian track and field athlete
• Alicia Bruce, Edinburgh-based photographer, lecturer and freelance educator
• Alicia Bruzzo (1945–2007), Argentine actress
• Alicia Burke, Jamaican fashion model
• Alicia Candiani (born 1953), Argentine artist specializing in printmaking and digital media
• Alicia Cárdeñas (born 1943), Mexican volleyball player
• Alicia L. Carriquiry, Uruguayan statistician
• Alicia Caro (born 1930), Colombian retired film actress
• Alicia Castro (born 1949), Argentine diplomat
• Alicia Castro (volleyball) (born 1994), Mexican female volleyball player
• Alicia Beatriz Casullo (1940–2019), Argentine psychoanalyst
• Alicia Cazzaniga (1928–1968), Argentine modernist architect
• Alicia Cebrián (born 1983), Spanish Real Club Náutico de Tenerife sailor
• Alicia Cervantes (born 1994), Mexican football forward
• Alicia Cervera (born 1930), Peruvian-American businesswoman, real estate broker and philanthropist
• Alicia Chacón (born 1938), American politician
• Alicia Chong Rodriguez, engineer and inventor
• Alison Cockburn (1712–1794), Scottish poet, wit and socialite
• Alicia Collins, American politician
• Alicia Coppola (born 1968), American actress
• Alícia Correia (born 2003), Portuguese professional footballer
• Alicia Coutts (born 1987), Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer
• Alicia Craig (born 1982), American distance runner
• Alicia Creus (born 1939), Argentine artist
• Alicia Crossley, Australian recorder player
• Alicia Cuarón (born 1939), Mexican-American educator and human rights activist
• Alicia D'Amico (1933–2001), Argentine photographer
• Alicia D'Anvers, English poet known for her satires of academic life
• Alicia Dana (born 1969), American Paralympian
• Alicia Daneri (born 1942), Argentine Egyptologist
• Alicia Boler Davis, American engineer and businesswoman
• Alicia Delibes (born 1950), Spanish politician and teacher
• Alicia DeShasier (born 1984), American track and field athlete
• Alicia Drake (born 1968), British fashion journalist
• Alicia Fabbri (born 2003), Canadian ice dancer
• Alicia Craig Faxon, American art historian, author, curator and educator
• Alicia Ferguson (born 1981), Australian football (soccer) player
• Alicia Foster, better known as Jodie Foster, American actress
• Alicia Fox (born 1986), American model and professional wrestler
• Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, New Zealand actress
• Alicia García-Salcedo González (1903–2003), Asturian lawyer
• Alicia Garza (born 1981), American civil rights activist
• Alicia Gaspar de Alba (born 1958), Mexican-American academic and poet
• Alicia Gironella D'Angeli (born 1931), Mexican chef
• Alicia Goranson (born 1974), American actress
• Alicia Gorey (born 1981), Australian news presenter and reporter
• Alicia Graf Mack (born 1979), American dancer
• Alicia Guerrero (born 2003), American para athlete
• Alicia Hall (born 1985), American model
• Alicia Hannah-Kim (fl. 2010s–2020s), Australian actress
• Alicia K. Harris, Canadian director and screenwriter
• Alicia Herrera Rivera (1928–2013), Chilean feminist lawyer
• Alicia Holloway (born 1996), American ballerina
• Alicia Hollowell (born 1984), American softball player
• Alicia Hoskin (born 2000), New Zealand flatwater canoeist
• Alicia Hospedales, Trinidad and Tobago politician
• Alicia Iturrioz (1927–2021), Spanish portraitist and painter
• Alicia Jurado (1922–2011), Argentine writer and academic
• Alicia Kaye (born 1983), Canadian-American professional triathlete
• Alicia Kearns (born 1987), British politician
• Alicia Kersten (born 1988), German football player
• Alicia Keys (born 1981), American R&B singer and pianist
• Alicia Killaly (1836–1908), Canadian watercolour painter
• Alicia Kirchner (born 1946), Argentine politician
• Alicia Koplowitz, Marquise of Bellavista (born 1952), Spanish businesswoman
• Alicia Kozameh (born 1953), Argentine author
• Alicia de Larrocha (1923–2009), Spanish pianist
• Alicia Liu (born c. 1980), Taiwanese model
• Alicia Lucas (born 1992), former professional Australian rugby union player
• Alicia Luciano (born 1983), title-holder of Miss New Jersey 2002
• Alicia Machado (born 1976), former Miss Universe 1996 from Venezuela
• Alicia Malay, American politician
• Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869), English writer of children's stories
• Alicia Markova (1910–2004), British dancer
• Alicia Mastandrea, Argentine politician
• Alicia Mayer (born 1976), Filipina model and actress
• Alicia Minshew (born 1974), American actress
• Alicia Molik (born 1981), Australian tennis Player
• Alicia D. Monroe, American physician and the Provost of the Baylor College of Medicine
• Alicia Monson (born 1998), American long-distance runner
• Alicia Gómez Montano (1955–2020), Spanish journalist
• Alecia Moore, better known as Pink, American pop singer
• Alicia Moore (1790–1873), English novelist
• Alicia Moreda (1912–1985), Puerto-Rican soap-opera actress
• Alicia Morton (born 1987), American actress
• Alicia Ostriker (born 1937), American Jewish, feminist poet
• Alicia Parla (1914–1998), Cuban rhumba dancer
• Alicia Parlette (1982–2010), American journalist and cancer survivor
• Alicia Partnoy (born 1955), Argentine human-rights activist
• Alicia Patterson (1906–1963), American newspaper editor
• Alicia O'Shea Petersen (1862–1923), Tasmanian suffragist and social reformer
• Alicia Reece (born 1971), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Alicia Rhett (1916–2014), American actress and portrait painter
• Alicia Rickter (born 1972), American model, actress and Playboy playmate
• Alicia Rio (born 1971), Mexican-American pornographic actress
• Alicia Rodriguez (born 1935), Spanish actress
• Alicia Sacramone (born 1987), American gymnast
• Alicia Sánchez (born 1948), Peruvian volleyball player
• Alicia Sánchez-Camacho (born 1967), Spanish politician
• Alicia Shepard (1953–2023), American journalist
• Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), American actress
• Alicia Smith (cricketer) (born 1984), South Africa cricketer
• Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (1810–1900), Scottish songwriter and composer
• Alicia St. Germaine, American politician from Michigan
• Alicia Boole Stott (1860–1940), Irish mathematician
• Alice Tai (born 1999), British paralympic swimmer
• Alicia Tan (born 2010), Australian rhythmic gymnast
• Alicia Thompson (born 1976), American basketball player
• Alicia Thornton (1780s – 1800s), British horsewoman
• Alicia Vergel (1927–1993), Filipina actress
• Alicia Vikander (born 1987), Swedish actress and dancer
• Alicia Villarreal (born 1974), Mexican singer
• Alicia Vitarelli (born 1978), American television-news correspondent
• Alicia Warrington (born 1980), American drummer
• Alicia Webb (born 1979), American wrestler
• Alicia Roth Weigel, American intersex activist
• Alicia D. Williams (born 1970), American author and teacher
• Alicia Witt (born 1975), American actress
• Alicia Lynn Yarbrough (died 1993), American murder victim

Fictional characters

• Alicia, the protagonist in Thomas Hardy's short story "Alicia's Diary"
• Alicia, the protagonist in the videogame Bullet Witch
• Alicia, the protagonist in the videogame Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
• Alicia, choir member in the 2003 film School of Rock
• Alicia, daughter of Inés in the 2006 film Goya's Ghosts
• Alicia Abshire, sister of the title character in The Time Traveler's Wife
• Alicia Alarcon, a protagonist in the TV series Gran Hotel
• Alecia Alcott in the TV series All About Us
• Alicia Baker in the television series Smallville (season 3)
• Allicia Botti in the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Alicia Charlotte, a character in the anime Aikatsu Friends!
• Alicia Clark in the television series Fear the Walking Dead
• Alicia Dewares, in Me before you
• Alicia Fennel in the television series Veronica Mars
• Alicia Florence in the manga Aria
• Alicia Florrick, the protagonist in the television series The Good Wife
• Alicia "Al" Lambert, a character in the American television sitcom Step by Step
• Alicia Marquez in the television series Go, Diego, Go!
• Alicia Masters in Marvel Comics
• Alicia McGuire, an American woman searching for her lost son in The Power of Five series
• Alicia Melchiott, the main female protagonist in the video game Valkyria Chronicles
• Alicia Rivera, the beta of Massie in The Clique
• Alicia the Snow Queen Fairy, a character from the book series Rainbow Magic (originally named Alyssa the Snow Queen Fairy)
• Alicia Spinnet, Harry Potter character
• Alicia Testarossa in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
• Alicia Winston, a playable character in the video game Time Crisis 3
• Alicia, an important character in the video game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

See also

• Alisha, Alysha, Alycia, and Leisha, variant spellings or variant forms of the name
• Ana Alicia (born 1956), Mexican actress with this surname
• Alicia (disambiguation), other meanings

References

1. Mike Campbell. "Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Alice". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2012-04-30.