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Throughout the world, מליס (Melis , Malis , מליס ) is quite a common gender-neutral given name. The forename מליס is characteristic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is quite a rare male name, Turkey, where it is quite a rare primarily girly, but very infrequently masculine name, and Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare female name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Turkey, Ethiopia, and Indonesia. More frequently, מליס is the last name as well as the forename.
מליס is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Malis and Malis , the mythological Greek character, mother of Akeles.