Alix

Where Alix comes from

The dictionaries list Alix as a given name — a female given name from the Germanic languages, an Old French form of Alice — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1934
    First appearance
    #3,449 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1934
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1993
    Peak, #1,104
    163 babies named Alix — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,304.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, an Old French form of Alice.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.