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Alix
Say it: ah-LEEKS
Meaning
Medieval French form of Adelaide, from Germanic adal 'noble' and heid 'kind, sort'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A medieval noble name that became popular again in France from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 4,371 babies given this name since 1930
- At its height in 1993, about 1 in 11,100 girls
- 32 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Alice |
|---|---|
| German | Adelheid |
Famous bearers
- Alix of France, Countess of Blois
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.