Alise

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Алисе in RU Russia, EE Estonia, TR Türkiye.

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●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

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◐

Alise is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name16K records spelled Alise6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Venezuela

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Álise, Alisé, Ãlise

• Latvian given name7.7K records spelled Alise2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Russia, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Alīse

• French given name3.5K records spelled Alise4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Latvia, Russia

  Also written Alisé, A-Lise, Ãlise

• a separate given name2.7K records spelled Alise4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Latvia

  Also written Alīse, Alisé, Alisè

• Turkish given name847 records spelled Alise4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Latvia, Syria

  Also written Alişe, Alisé

• Italian given name272 records spelled Alise3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Alisé, Alisè

55 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●

Alise is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, Krustziežu dzimtas ģints ("Alyssum"), nelieli lakstaugi, ~150 sugu, Latvijā konstatētas 4 sugas

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Italian, variante regional de Aloise

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Forme rare d’Adélaïde, d’origine germanique, « noble ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In Italian, Variante di Aloisi

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 107 years between 1908–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alise Stein-Anveltb. 1900EEEstonian politician and painter (1900-1991)
• Alise Dzeguze-Kļaviņab. 1914LVLatvian figure skater
• Rita-Alise Porsangerb. 1961NONorwegian politician
• Alise Alousib. 1965IQIraqi writer and poet
• Alise Alanisb. 1988CZactress
• Alise Dimanteb. 1988SESwedish athletics competitor
• Alise Fakhrutdinovab. 1990RUUzbekistani modern pentathlete
• Alise Postb. 1991USAmerican bicycle motocross rider
• Alise Danovskab. 1993LVLatvian stage actress
• Alise A. GrandeNONorwegian association football player

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 · 475 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alise?

We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear Alise (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Alise have the most bearers?

We estimate about 6.5 thousand people bear Alise in Latvia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled alise.

Where is Alise most common?

Alise is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 288 people carrying it.

How common is Alise compared with other names?

In Norway, Alise is the 949th most common given name of 38,312 given names recorded there.

Is Alise a male or female name?

Alise is a female 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 Alise mean?

Recorded meaning: Variant of Alice, from Old French Aalis and Germanic Adalheidis.