Alyss
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Alyss by the numbers
Alyss was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 22 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Alyss
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 Alyss. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Alyss
Names that are said the same way as Alyss, 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)
- Ailisnoble kind; irish form of Alice22 in the US (2017)
- Alisnoble; a form of alice or alison5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aleecenoble; a form of Alice11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alyss
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