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Alycea
How to Pronounce Alycea
Pronounced uh-LEE-see-uh /ΙΛliΛ.si.Ι/Medium
Meaning: Alycea is a modern respelling of Alicia or Alycia, elaborations of Alice. Alice descends from the Germanic Adalheidis, 'noble kind' or 'of noble sort,' so Alycea inherits that 'noble' meaning in a decorative spelling with a stylish y and -ea ending.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Alycea is a modern American variant of Alicia and Alycia, both elaborations of Alice. Alice comes from the Germanic Adalheidis, meaning 'noble kind' or 'of a noble sort,' so Alycea carries that dignified root beneath its decorative spelling. Inventive forms of Alicia multiplied in recent decades, and Alycea, with its stylish y and -ea close, is one of them. It appears in United States records from the late 1980s and reached its faint high in the early 2000s.
It was never common in this spelling, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak, so an Alycea from that high would be a young adult now. It reads as a living variant rather than a revival, and the standard Alicia remains the usual form.
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What does the name Alycea mean?
It is a variant of Alicia/Alycia, forms of Alice, from the Germanic Adalheidis meaning 'noble.'
How do you pronounce Alycea?
It's said uh-LEE-see-uh /ΙΛliΛ.si.Ι/, four syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Alycea a boy or girl name?
Alycea is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Alycea?
It has always been rare in this spelling, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the early two-thousands.