Alys
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning noble; a variant of Alice.
Alys by the numbers
In 2025, 81 babies in England and Wales were named Alys. In the US, 17 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 29 babies in 1920, making it a 1920s name.
Other names that come from Alice
Like Alys, each of these traces back to Alice: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Allienoble; a form of Alice or Alison987 in the US (2017)
- Alicianoble natured; a form of Alice861 in the US (2017)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Alisanoble kind; variant of Alice48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alissanoble; a form of Alice222 in the US (2017)
- Alydefender of mankind; a form of Alice or Alison78 in the US (2017)
- Alyzanoble; a respelling of Alyssa or Alice24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alicjanoble; a form of Alice38 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alys. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alyaexalted; noble70 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alysenoble; a spelling variant of Alyssa83 in the US (2017)
- Alyxdefender of men; a form of Alexander27 in the US (2017)
- Alysaof noble birth; a form of Alyssa26 in the US (2017)
- Alisnoble; a form of alice or alison5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alynfair; handsome5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Alys
Names that are said the same way as Alys, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisenoble; a modern respelling of Alice66 in the US (2017)
- Alycenoble; a form of Alice55 in the US (2017)
- Alysseof noble birth; a form of Alice23 in the US (2017)
- Ailisnoble kind; irish form of Alice22 in the US (2017)
- Aleecenoble; a form of Alice11 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Alys, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Adalynnnoble lineage; a modern respelling of Adeline2,651 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alys
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