Syris
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Syris by the numbers
Syris was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Syris
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 Syris. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Syrusfrom Cyrene or sun; a spelling variant of Cyrus74 in the US (2017)
- Sylisof the forest, woods; a modern respelling of Silas56 in the US (2017)
- Siris9 in the US (2017)
- Sylasfrom the forest; a form of silas393 in the US (2017)
- Sylusfrom the forest; a modern respelling of Sylas51 in the US (2017)
- Siriusscorching; the brightest star38 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Syris
Names that are said the same way as Syris, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Syris
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