Ardis

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ardis by the numbers

Ardis was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 202 babies in 1928, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Ardis

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.

Names that come from Ardis

Forms of Ardis in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Ardethearnest or ardent; a form of Ardis
  • Ardithearnest or ardent; a form of Ardis

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ardis. 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)
  • Arris13 in the US (2017)
  • Addis10 in the US (2017)
  • Adis6 in the US (2017)
  • Ardeneagle valley; a place name346 in the US (2017)
  • Ariesthe ram; zodiac constellation260 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ardis

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

  • Ardaas3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Ardis

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