Alick

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled אליק in IL Israel, UA Ukraine, UZ Uzbekistan and 6 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alick is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name1.2K records spelled Alick5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Malawi, United States, Peru

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Ãlick, Álick

• Arabic given name49 records spelled Alick2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

  Also written Alîck

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Alick is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Scottish and English: variant of ALEC , which has gained some currency as a given name in its own right. In the Highlands the form Ellic was also formerly in use; the Gaelic form is Ailig . Feminine form: Scottish (Highland): Alickina .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

MQ INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique) — 17 years between 1942–2007. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alick Bannermanb. 1854AUAustralian cricketer (1854-1924)
• Alick Robinsonb. 1906GBEnglish footballer (1906-1977)
• Alick George Parry Jonesb. 1907Peerage person ID=435874
• Alick Downerb. 1910AUAustralian politician (1910–1981)
• Alick Grantb. 1916GBEnglish footballer (1916-2008)
• Alick Isaacsb. 1921GBBritish virologist (1921–1967)
• Alick Buchanan-Smithb. 1932GBBritish politician (1932-1991)
• Alick Roweb. 1938GBwriter
• Alick Jeffreyb. 1939GBEnglish footballer (1939-2000)
• Alick Maemaeb. 1985SBSolomon Island footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 81 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alick?

We estimate roughly 950 people bear Alick (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Alick have the most bearers?

Alick is most frequently recorded in Israel, where it is most often spelled אליק.

How common is Alick compared with other names?

In Malawi, Alick is the 71st most common given name of 2,887 given names recorded there.

Is Alick a male or female name?

Alick is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Alick mean?

Recorded meaning: Variant of pAlec. Alina ° Of uncertain origin.