Save Gender Feminine Usage English (British, Rare), Scottish (Rare) Pronounced Pron. al-ə-KEE-nə(British English, Scottish) [key] Meaning & History Presumably a variant of the Scottish name Alickina, a feminine form of Alick or Alec (which possibly developed from Ailigean, a diminutive of Ailig, itself a Gaelic rendering of English Alick).