Alice

Of noble kind; nobility.

Alice traces back through Old French forms to a Germanic name associated with nobility. It was already a personal name in medieval Europe, long before Lewis Carroll made Alice the heroine of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The book gives the name a literary association, rather than its original meaning. That combination offers much of Alice’s appeal: a composed, traditional shape with room for a playful imagination. The l and s sounds give it a gentle outline without making it ornate. If you enjoy names with a storybook connection, Alice carries that image in a form that remains spare and self-contained.

Etymology: Through shortened Old French forms such as Aalis and Aliz, from the Germanic name Adalheidis, also represented by Adelheid.