Airis

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Airis by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Airis. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Airis

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Airis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Arisbest, most excellent; form of aristos113 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ailisnoble kind; irish form of Alice22 in the US (2017)
  • Airilove, jasmine19 in the US (2017)
  • Aeris100 in the US (2017)
  • Aires15 in the US (2017)
  • Arris13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Airis

Names that are said the same way as Airis, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Airis

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