Lamis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- la-MEES
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lamis is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “soft to the touch”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Lamis mean?
Arabic
“soft to the touch”
Is Lamis a girl's or a boy's name?
Lamis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lamis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 217% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Lamis, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Lamis than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Lamis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Lamis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Lamis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Lamis, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Lamis in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lamis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Lamis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hafsa Ayah Hiba Nusaybah Rahma Safaa Aaliyah Abeeha Ruqayyah Sumayyah
Names related to Lamis
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, “Lamis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lamis, updated 20 October 2026.