Cylis
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Cylis by the numbers
Cylis was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 42 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Cylis
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 Cylis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Cylaspossibly from Silvanus or chosen; a form of Silas46 in the US (2017)
- Cylus39 in the US (2017)
- Cyris9 in the US (2017)
- Colinyoung warrior; a form of Caoilean1,662 in the US (2017)
- Cyrussun; royal name from ancient Persia729 in the US (2017)
- Chrisbearer of Christ; short form of Christopher459 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Cylis
Names that are said the same way as Cylis, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Sylasfrom the forest; a form of silas393 in the US (2017)
- Sylisof the forest, woods; a modern respelling of Silas56 in the US (2017)
- Sylusfrom the forest; a modern respelling of Sylas51 in the US (2017)
- Cilasfrom Silas, possibly from silvanus or chosen10 in the US (2017)
- Silus14 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cylis
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