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Comments and insights on the name Alice: | Edit

Beautiful, sweet name.

Fifteenth century variant, "Alys".

This name has a far more upscale image in England than in the U.S.

I love Alice because it can be so cute for a little girl, but it grows up with her. My godmother's name is Alice, but then there's Alice in Wonderland. I always grew up loving the name.

Personal experiences with the name Alice: | Edit

My daughter's name! People regularly tell me that her name is lovely and that it's unusual without being "weird."

I am an Alyss "Alice" and I love my name. Even before people see the spelling they love how simple and yet unusual it is. The alternate spelling makes me so happy.

Nicknames for Alice: | Edit

Al, Allie, Ali, Alli, Ally, Elsie, Icy, Lisa, Leese, Leece, Liss

Meanings and history of the name Alice: | Edit

Alice derives from the ancient greek word 'alethéia' which means 'truth'. That's why Alice means the truthful one.

Famous real-life people named Alice: | Edit

Alice Ross-King Appleford (1891-1968), Australian military nurse
Alice Austen (1866-1952), American photographer
Alice Bailly (1872-1938), Swiss artist
Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950), American feminist leader
Alice Cary, poet
Alice Herndon Childress (1916-1994), American playwright/novelist
Alice Cocéa, French actress
Alice Brown Davis (1852-1935), Seminole Nation chief
Alice Eastwood (1859-1953), American botanist
Alice Fisher (1839-1888), English nurse
Alice Gerard, peace activist
Alice Cunningham Fletcher (1838-1923), American anthropologist
Alice Hamilton (1869-1970), American public health expert
Alice Hoffman, author of Practical Magic
Alice Milligan, Irish nationalist
Alice Pleasance Liddell Hargreaves (1852-1934), the "real" Alice in Wonderland
Alice Herz, anti-war protestor
Ali MacGraw, actress (real first name is Alice)
Alice Meynell, English suffragist and poet
Alice Munro (b. 1931), Canadian writer
Alice Neel (1900-1984), American artist
Alice Freeman Palmer (1855-1902), American college president
Alice Poznanska Parizeau (1930?-1990), Polish-Canadian writer
Alice Paul, American suffragist
Alice Hegan Rice (1870-1942), American novelist
Alice Salomon (1872-1948), German feminist educator
Alice Schwarzer, German feminist and publisher
Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones
Alice Sheldon (1915-1987), American science-fiction writer
Alice Stewart (1906-2002), English epidemiologist
Alice Bunker Stockham, American suffragist
Alice Walker, author of 'The Color Purple', feminist, human rights and animal rights activist
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, American wit
Alice Cooper, singer

Alice in song, story & screen: | Edit

The title character in "Alice In Wonderland"
The title character in the song "Alice's Restaurant"
Alice Hyatt, the title character in the 1974 film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and the spinoff '70s TV sitcom "Alice"
The maid on "The Brady Bunch"
The wife of Ralph Kramden on the TV show "The Honeymooners"
Alice Cullen of the Twilight books
A belligerent engineer in the comic strip "Dilbert"
"Alice Blue Gown," song from the musical IRENE, by Harry Tierney
Alice in Chains, 90's metal/grunge band
"Go Ask Alice", controversial 1971 book by an anonymous author.