Alicia
From Latin, in the sense of "noble". It stays rare in Poland: most people here have never met an Alicia, though the name still holds a spot inside the country's top thousand for girls.
Alicia Pronunciation
Alicia is pronounced ah-LEE-chah (/aˈlit͡ɕa/).
What Alicia means
Where Alicia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Alicia is the Latin form of a name carried widely across the Spanish-speaking world, from Madrid to the Americas. Its short meaning is plain: noble, or szlachetna in Polish. That sense of nobility fastened onto the name through its older roots, then held fast once the Latin spelling gave it the shape we know.
Spain kept it warm. Spanish parents chose Alicia for generations, and the form crossed borders with them.
In Poland the same name lands as Alicja. Children shorten it to Ala on the playground, and the variant Alisiia surfaces now and then in a class register. Read down such a list and the pattern is clear. One girl signs Alicja, another answers to Ala, and both hold the same old meaning. The word behind them all is noble.
How many people are named Alicia
1 in 18631 women in Poland is named Alicia. 1,210 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #878 among female names.
Alicia's popularity over time
16 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #567 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where Alicia is most popular
Alicia is most popular in Lower Silesian, 197% above the national average (11 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+105%) and Lublin (+65%). It is least common in Greater Poland and Silesian, 61% and 44% below average respectively.
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Lower Silesian11 girls born+197%
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Lesser Poland11 girls born+105%
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Lublin4 girls born+65%
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Subcarpathian4 girls born+41%
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Podlaskie2 girls born+29%
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West Pomeranian2 girls born0%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 girls born−23%
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Masovian6 girls born−28%
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Łódź2 girls born−33%
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Pomeranian2 girls born−42%
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Silesian3 girls born−44%
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Greater Poland2 girls born−61%
Alicia as a middle name
Alicia is a first name for 1,210 women in Poland and a middle name for another 349, a 78/22 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 366th, between Sabrina (353) and Arletta (341).
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#364 Bogdana354
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#365 Sabrina353
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#366 Alicia349
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#367 Arletta341
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#368 Liza338