Aliki as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Aliki

What is the meaning of the name Aliki ?

The baby name Aliki is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ah-LEE-kee (Greek: a-LEE-kee), IPA: /aˈli.ki/.

Aliki is Greek, Latin in Origin.

Aliki is the standard Greek form of Alice (Αλίκη), ultimately from Old French Aalis/Alice, a diminutive of the Germanic Adelheidis (Adelaide), combining adal “noble” and heid “kind, type.” It therefore carries the meaning “noble” or “of noble sort.” In Greece and Cyprus the name rose to broad familiarity in the 20th century, especially through beloved film star Aliki Vougiouklaki; it also appears in royal contexts, as the Greek rendering of Princess Alice of Battenberg, mother of Prince Philip.

The name also arises independently in Polynesia: in Tuvaluan and Tokelauan, Aliki denotes a “chief” or person of rank, a cognate of Samoan ali‘i and Māori/Cook Islands Māori ariki, and serves as a masculine given name in those communities. Variants and relatives across languages include Alice, Alix, Alicia, Alison, Adelaide, and Heidi; the Greek form is spelled Αλίκη.