Sylis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-lus
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #2,230 for boys
Sylis is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the forest”. In 2025 it ranked 2,230th for boys in the US (63 babies).
What does Sylis mean?
Latin: spelling of Silas, short for Silvanus
“of the forest”
Silas was a companion of Saint Paul on his missionary journeys in the New Testament.
Is Sylis a girl's or a boy's name?
Sylis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sylis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,230among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were named Sylis, making it the 2,230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 84 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had more boys named Sylis than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Sylis in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,607 boys in the US were given Sylis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #62, up from #2,230 for this spelling alone.
Sylis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,230 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,960 |
| 2021 | 48 | #2,651 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,294 |
| 2016 | 74 | #1,959 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,212 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,097 |
| 2013 | 84 | #1,732 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2009 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2008 | 46 | #2,683 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Sylis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Soren Shepherd Atlas Callum Caius Atticus Stetson Bennett Magnus Gael Hudson Beckett
Other spellings of Sylis
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Sylis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sylis, updated 20 October 2026.