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 parents choose Alicia
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 Silesian
+197%1 in 14,285 babies
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Lesser Poland
+105%1 in 20,629 babies
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Lublin
+65%1 in 25,669 babies
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Greater Poland
−61%1 in 107,622 babies
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Silesian
−44%1 in 75,861 babies
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Pomeranian
−42%1 in 73,661 babies
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Lower Silesian+197% 11 born1 in 14,285 babies+197%
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Lesser Poland+105% 11 born1 in 20,629 babies+105%
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Lublin+65% 4 born1 in 25,669 babies+65%
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Subcarpathian+41% 4 born1 in 30,141 babies+41%
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Podlaskie+29% 2 born1 in 32,893 babies+29%
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West Pomeranian±0% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies±0%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−23% 2 born1 in 54,690 babies−23%
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Masovian−28% 6 born1 in 59,044 babies−28%
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Łódź−33% 2 born1 in 63,359 babies−33%
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Pomeranian−42% 2 born1 in 73,661 babies−42%
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Silesian−44% 3 born1 in 75,861 babies−44%
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Greater Poland−61% 2 born1 in 107,622 babies−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