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Gender
Feminine
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Origin of the Name Alice
Old High German
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Usage of the Name Alice
English, French, Italian, Portuguese
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Meaning of the Name Alice
The name Alice originally came from the Old French form of Germanic Adalheidis (see Adelaide).
However, Alice and Adelaide have been considered distinct (and even unrelated) names since the Middle Ages. There have been several British princesses named Alice, including Princess Alice (1843 - 1878), the daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
As an English name Alice received a popularity boost in the 19th century. Today it is quite popular in many European and English-speaking countries.
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Famous Bearers
Bearers of the name include Alice Duer Miller (1874 - 1942), an American writer and poet;
Alice Brady (1892 - 1939), an American actress;
Alice Munro (born 1931), a Canadian writer;
Alice MacGraw (born 1938), an American model and actress;
Alice Walker (born 1944), an American author, poet, and activist;
Alice Eve (born 1982), an English actress.
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Interesting Facts about Alice
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll were responsible for the name's popularity in the late 1800s.
- A variant of chess called Alice chess which employs two boards was inspired by the character Alice's journey through the mirror.
- There is an asteroid named 291 Alice that was discovered in 1890.
- The daughter of the U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt Longworth was a fashion icon of her time, and a shade of pale blue that was one of her favorite colors has come to be known as Alice blue.
- Alice Ford is the lead soprano in Verdi's Falstaff (1893), which was based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor (1602).
- Alice Adams (1921) is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel by Booth Tarkington.
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Names Related to Alice
Refer to the list of names related to Adelaide.
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