Lis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LISS
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Lis is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Lis mean?
Hebrew: Scandinavian and Dutch short form of Elisabeth
“my God is an oath”
In French, lis also means 'lily', as in fleur-de-lis.
Is Lis a girl's or a boy's name?
Lis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 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, 11 girls in the US were named Lis, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had more girls named Lis than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Lis in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
Names like Lis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leah Gia Liz Ellis Mia Leia Eve Joelle Ivy Josie Liza Delilah
Names related to Lis
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Lis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lis, updated 20 October 2026.