Lamees
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lah-MEES
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Lamees is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “soft to the touch”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Lamees mean?
Arabic: Arabic word
“soft to the touch”
Is Lamees a girl's or a boy's name?
Lamees is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lamees in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Lamees, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lamees in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Lamees in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Lamees in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Lamees, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Lamees in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lamees in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,623 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
Names like Lamees
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Hiba, Rahma, Nusaybah, Safaa, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Abeeha
Names related to Lamees
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Lamees: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lamees, updated 20 October 2026.