Meaning: Its source is Alice, an English name meaning "Exalted nature."

Languages: This boy's name is used in Hawaiian.

Narrative: Alice, the source of this surname, ultimately derives from a Germanic ancestor of Adelaide, though there is an intermediate form, the Old French Alis.

While it is unusual for surnames to derive from female personal names, compare Allison to Madison, derived from Madde, a nickname for Madeline.