Alice
An English spelling of Alicja, from a Hebrew root meaning "noble". It peaked in the 2010s and is given less each year now, rare enough that most Poles have never met one.
Alice Pronunciation
Alice is pronounced ah-LEE-tse (/aˈlit͡sɛ/).
What Alice means
Where Alice comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Alice comes to Polish readers wearing an English coat, though the name is far older than any single language that borrowed it. The grounding traces its origin to Hebrew and gives its meaning as "noble." Polish keeps the sound and reshapes the spelling into Alicja, the form that lands on a birth certificate, while the girl herself answers to Ala at home and Alka among friends.
A name meaning "noble" does not hand anyone a coat of arms. The word once described conduct as much as birth, and the Polish gloss, szlachetna, keeps that older sense of a person who carries herself well.
Picture a class register in September. An Alicja and an Ala can sit two rows apart and share one root without noticing. Ala fits a small child. Alicja waits on the diploma years later, the same name grown into a fuller shape. Underneath both spellings the meaning holds steady: noble, szlachetna.
How many people are named Alice
1 in 17144 women in Poland is named Alice. 1,315 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #844 among female names.
Alice's popularity over time
13 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #627 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where parents choose Alice
Alice is most popular in West Pomeranian, 211% above the national average (9 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+160%) and Masovian (+98%). It is least common in Greater Poland and Pomeranian, 73% and 60% below average respectively.
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West Pomeranian
+211%1 in 9,381 babies
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Lower Silesian
+160%1 in 11,224 babies
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Masovian
+98%1 in 14,761 babies
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Greater Poland
−73%1 in 107,622 babies
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Pomeranian
−60%1 in 73,661 babies
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Lesser Poland
−49%1 in 56,729 babies
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West Pomeranian+211% 9 born1 in 9,381 babies+211%
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Lower Silesian+160% 14 born1 in 11,224 babies+160%
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Masovian+98% 24 born1 in 14,761 babies+98%
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Subcarpathian+45% 6 born1 in 20,094 babies+45%
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Lublin+14% 4 born1 in 25,669 babies+14%
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Holy Cross+5% 2 born1 in 27,717 babies+5%
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Warmian-Masurian−19% 2 born1 in 35,897 babies−19%
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Silesian−36% 5 born1 in 45,517 babies−36%
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Lesser Poland−49% 4 born1 in 56,729 babies−49%
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Pomeranian−60% 2 born1 in 73,661 babies−60%
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Greater Poland−73% 2 born1 in 107,622 babies−73%
Alice as a middle name
Alice is a first name for 1,315 women in Poland and a middle name for another 445, a 75/25 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 329th, between Sylwestra (448) and Charlotte (445).
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#327 Marietta460
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#328 Sylwestra448
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#329 Alice445
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#330 Charlotte445
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#331 Mariia445