Alicia History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Alicia family

The surname Alicia was first found in Messina (Sicilian: Missina; Latin: Messana), capital of the Italian province of Messina. Its history begins in 397 B.C. After a checkered history the Saracens took it in 831, and the Normans in 1061. It was host to the crusaders in 1190. Garibaldi landed in 1860 and it was the last city to be made a part of united Italy. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Alicia family

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Alicia Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Alicea, Alesi, Alesio, Alesci, Alecci, Ales, Alescio, Alesseri, Allesiani, Alicea, Alicci, Alesani, Aliscio and many more.

Early Notables of the Alicia family

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Migration of the Alicia family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Sebastian Ales, who arrived in North America in 1777; Johann Ales, who settled in Baltimore in 1882; Anna Ales, who arrived in New York, NY in 1883; Joe Alesi, who settled in Louisiana between 1900 and 1910.

Contemporary Notables of the name Alicia (post 1700) +

Autumn Alicia Reeser (b. 1980), American actress, best known for her role as Taylor Townsend on the Fox series The O.C
Martha Alicia Villarreal Esparza (b. 1971), Mexican Latin Grammy award-winning singer
Mercedes Alicia McNab (b. 1980), Canadian actress, best known for playing Harmony Kendall on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ana Alicia Ortiz (b. 1956), Mexican-born, American actress, best known for her role on the soap opera Falcon Crest
Karen Alicia Higuera Contreras (b. 1991), Mexican beauty pageant titleholder
María Alicia Domínguez, Argentine poet
Dame Ellen Alicia Terry (1848-1928), distinguished English Actress probably best known for her role as Beatrice in "Much Ado about Nothing"
Alicia Keys (b. 1981), stage name of Alicia Augello Cook, an American singer and songwriter who has won 15 Grammy Awards, 17 NAACP Image Awards, 9 Billboard Music Awards and 7 BET Awards
Alicia Hanifin, American producer, known for Surrogates (2009), Knight and Day (2010) and Space Cadet (2009)
Alicia Augello Cook (b. 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, an American singer and songwriter who has won 15 Grammy Awards, 17 NAACP Image Awards, 9 Billboard Music Awards and 7 BET Awards