Alice is a feminine given name

Given name

A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

 used primarily in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, French

French language

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, and Italian

Italian language

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. It is a shortened form of the Old French Adelais, which is derivation from the Germanic name Adalheidis, from the Germanic

Germanic languages

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 word elements adal, meaning noble and heid, meaning type. Alaïs is the Old French form of the name; Alys of Vexin

Alys, Countess of the Vexin

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 was also known as Alaïs.

Alice was the most popular female baby name in Sweden

Sweden

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 in 2009 and has been among the top 10 names given to girls for the past five years.