Alicja
A Germanic name that means "noble by birth". Close to a quarter of a million Polish women carry it, and it still sits inside the top 50, so most Poles know several.
Alicja Pronunciation
Alicja is pronounced ah-LEETS-yah (/aˈlit͡sja/).
What Alicja means
Where Alicja comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Alicja reaches back to the Germanic name Adalheidis, built from adal, "noble," and heid, "kind" or "sort." The Latinized form Adelicia thinned over centuries into the shape Poland uses today. So the short meaning stays plain: noble, of noble kind, szlachetnie urodzona.
The name traveled well. French speakers wore Adelaide down to Alice, and English readers meet the Polish Alicja most often in Alicja w Krainie Czarów, the title Lewis Carroll's book was given here. At home the diminutive Ala answers for it. Variants such as Alicia and Alisiia mark the same root written by other hands.
In a Polish class register, Alicja lands early among the A names. Her imieniny falls most often on 12 June, though 16 December belongs to Saint Adelaide, the empress who died in 999 and lent this name its start. The link is old and checkable: Adalheidis, noble kind, standing behind Ala.
How many people are named Alicja
1 in 89 women in Poland is named Alicja. 253,950 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #45 among female names.
Alicja's popularity over time
2,788 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #19 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where Alicja is most popular
Alicja is most popular in Lublin, 29% above the national average (1,770 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+21%) and Świętokrzyskie (+17%). It is least common in Pomeranian and Lubusz, 30% and 25% below average respectively.
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Lublin1,770 girls born+29%
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Masovian5,752 girls born+21%
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Świętokrzyskie864 girls born+17%
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Silesian3,492 girls born+15%
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Łódź1,921 girls born+13%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian1,575 girls born+8%
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Lesser Poland3,023 girls born0%
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Warmian-Masurian940 girls born−2%
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Opole555 girls born−10%
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Podlaskie783 girls born−11%
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Lower Silesian1,845 girls born−12%
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West Pomeranian968 girls born−14%
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Subcarpathian1,331 girls born−17%
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Greater Poland2,210 girls born−23%
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Lubusz499 girls born−25%
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Pomeranian1,376 girls born−30%
Alicja as a middle name
Alicja is a first name for 253,950 women in Poland and a middle name for another 86,785, a 75/25 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 31st, between Grażyna (95,579) and Halina (86,369).
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29
98,949Wiktoria
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30
95,579Grażyna
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3186,785Alicja
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32
86,369Halina
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33
86,163Julia
When Alicja celebrates name day
Alicja appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar. The main date is 21 June.