Alicia (given name)

Alicia

Pronunciation	UK: /əˈliːsiə/ a-liss-ee-ah US: /əˈliːʃə/ a-lee-sha Spanish: [aˈliθja]
Gender	female
Language(s)	Spanish form of Alice, from Old High German Adelheidis
Origin
Meaning	nobility
Other names
Variant form(s)	Alisha, Alesha, Eilise, Alesea
See also	Alice, Alyssa, Alix, Alison, Allison, Adelaide, Adélaïde, Adelaida, Adèle, Adela, Adelia, Adelina

Alicia is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Alicia Albe (born 1977), US rhythmic gymnast
• Alicia Alonso (born 1920), Cuban dancer
• Alicia Appleman-Jurman (born 1930), Polish memoirist of the Holocaust
• Alicia Ashley (born 1967), Jamaican boxer
• Alicia Austin (born 1942), US fantasy and science fiction artist and illustrator
• Alicia Austria-Martinez (born 1940), Filipino judge
• Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Mexican United-Nations official
• Alicia Barrancos (born 1972), Argentine freestyle swimmer
• Alicia Boscatto (born 1960), Argentine breaststroke swimmer
• Alicia Bridges (born 1953), US pop singer
• Alicia Bruzzo (1945–2007), Argentine actress
• Alicia Castro (born 1949), Argentine diplomat
• Alicia Coppola (born 1968), US actress
• Alicia Coutts (born 1987), Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer
• Alicia Drake (born 1968), British fashion journalist
• Alicia Ferguson (born 1981), Australian football (soccer) player
• Alicia Foster, better known as Jodie Foster, US actress
• Alicia Fox (born 1986), American model and professional wrestler
• Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, New Zealand actress
• Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Mexican-US academic and poet
• Alicia Gironella D'Angeli, Mexican chef
• Alicia Goranson, US actress
• Alicia Gorey (born 1981), Australian news presenter and reporter
• Alicia Grau Pérez-Agustín (born 1955), Spanish painter
• Alicia Hall (born 1985), US model
• Alicia Hollowell (born 1984), US softball player
• Alicia Keys (born 1981), R&B/soul singer
• Alicia Kirchner, Argentine politician
• Alicia Koplowitz, Marquise of Bellavista (born 1952), Spanish businesswoman
• Alicia Kozameh (born 1953), Argentine author
• Alicia de Larrocha (1923–2009), Spanish pianist
• Alicia Liu (born c. 1980), Taiwanese model
• Alicia Luciano (born 1983), title-holder of Miss New Jersey 2002
• Alicia Machado (born 1976), former Miss Universe 1996 from Venezuela
• Alicia Markova (1910–2004), British dancer
• Alicia Mastandrea, Argentine politician
• Alicia Mayer (born 1976), Filipino model and actress
• Alicia Minshew (born 1974), US actress
• Alicia Molik (born 1981), Australian tennis Player
• Alecia Moore, better known as Pink, US pop singer
• Alicia Moreda (1912–1985), Puerto-Rican soap-opera actress
• Alicia Morton (born 1987), US actress
• Alicia Ostriker (born 1937), US Jewish, feminist poet
• Alicia Parlette (1982–2010), US journalist and cancer survivor
• Alicia Partnoy (born 1955), Argentine human-rights activist
• Alicia Patterson (1906–1963), US newspaper editor
• Alicia O'Shea Petersen (1862–1923), Tasmanian suffragist and social reformer
• Alicia Reece (born 1971), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Alicia Rhett (born 1916), US actress and portrait painter
• Alicia Rhodes (born 1978), British pornographic actress
• Alicia Rickter (born 1972), US model, actress and Playboy playmate
• Alicia Rio (born 1970), Mexican pornographic actress
• Alicia Sacramone (born 1987), US gymnast
• Alicia Sánchez-Camacho (born 1967), Spanish politician
• Alicia Shepard (born 1953), US journalist
• Alicia Smith (born 1984), South Africa cricketer
• Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), US actress
• Alicia Sorell, also known as Alicia Lorén, US actress famous for appearing with her identical twin Annie Sorell
• Alicia Boole Stott (1860–1940), Irish mathematician
• Alicia Thompson, US basketball player
• Alicia Vergel (1927–1993), Filipina actress
• Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress and dancer
• Alicia Villarreal (born 1974), Mexican singer
• Alicia Vitarelli, US television-news correspondent
• Alicia Warrington (born 1980), US drummer
• Alicia Webb (born 1979), US wrestler
• Alicia Witt (born 1975), US actress

Fictional characters

• Alicia, the protagonist in Thomas Hardy's short story "Alicia's Diary"
• Alicia, the protagonist in the videogame Bullet Witch
• Alicia, the protagonist in the videogame Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
• Alicia Alcott from the novel series All About Us.
• Alicia, a character in School of Rock
• Alicia Baker in the television series Smallville (season 3)
• Alicia Botti in the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Alicia Fennel in the television series Veronica Mars
• Alicia Masters in Marvel Comics
• Alicia Spinnet in the Harry Potter series
• Alicia Testarossa in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
• Alicia Florence in Aria (manga)
• Alicia Florrick, the protagonist of the television series The Good Wife
• Alicia Rivera, the beta of Massie in The Clique
• Alicia Rodriguez, an alikely cousin of Devan R. Day had appear in Mexican Girl Dance (1963) from the Warner Brothers series, Devan and Jasmine.
• Alicia Melchiott, the protagonist in the videogame Valkyria Chronicles
• Alicia McGuire, an American woman searching for her lost son in the Power of Five series
• Alicia, daughter of Inés in "Goya's Ghosts"

See also

• Alisha, variant form of the name
• Ana Alicia (born 1956), Mexican actress with this surname
• Alicia (disambiguation), other meanings