Dalis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAL-is
- Origin
- Scottish
Dalis is a girls' name of Scottish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dalis mean?
Scottish: spelling of Dallis, itself a spelling of Dallas, a Scottish place-name surname
A spelling of Dallas, a Scottish surname from a village in Moray; it also evokes the Texas city.
Meaning borrowed from Dallis.
Is Dalis a girl's or a boy's name?
Dalis is a girls' name.
How popular is Dalis in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Dalis in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dalis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Nicknames for Dalis
- Dally 28 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Dalis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isla Paisley Ellis Monroe Harper Luna Ellie Genesis Campbell Collins Oakley Miller
Names related to Dalis
More Scottish names
Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Lochlan Reid
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dalis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dalis, updated 20 October 2026.