Bliss
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning perfect joy, happiness.
Bliss by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Bliss. In the US, 40 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 69 babies in 1986, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bliss. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Bliss
Names that are said the same way as Bliss, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Blyss6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean joy
Like Bliss, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Felixhappy; fortunate811 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bliss
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