Alis

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Alis is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from OFr Aalis, Aliz, OG Adalhaidis ‘noble kind, sort’, modern Alice; first attested Adeliz de Raimes 1138.

rarermore common
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 5.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • COColombia≈1 in 21K
  • USUnited States1 in 290K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Venezuela (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,400 people, est.

Sources
195 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Venezuela, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from OFr Aalis, Aliz, OG Adalhaidis ‘noble kind, sort’, modern Alice; first attested Adeliz de Raimes 1138

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Alis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Alis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
VE Venezuela#703≈5,400 est.≈1 in 5.3K—Alis23
CO Colombia—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 21K—Alis40
NG Nigeria—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 98K—Alis14
US United States—1,1461 in 290K1KAlis195
GT Guatemala#941≈890 est.≈1 in 19K—Alis11
HN Honduras—≈530 est.≈1 in 17K—Alis9
DK Denmark—3601 in 16K360—2
AL Albania—1981 in 16K101——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Alis is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese given name159 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, France, Israel

    Languages: Portuguese, English, French

    Also written Alice, Elise, אליס, Élise, Eliz

  • Indonesian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Aliş, Ålîs, Ali'S, Ális

  • French given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

    Also written Aliş, Alís, Älis, Ålis, Ãlis

  • Danish given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United States

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Älis, Älįs, Aliş, Alïs, Alís

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Alīs, Ālīs, Alís, Aliş, Ālis

  • Armenian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Armenia, Canada, United Kingdom

    Also written Alice, Ալիս, Alīs, Aliş

  • Thai given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, United Kingdom, Italy

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written Alice, อาลิส, Alit, อาลีส, 'Alice

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Alis is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Adeliz de Raimes Hy 2 DC (Nth); Aliz Martel ib. (L); Ahelis, Ahelissa 1188 BuryS (Sf); Willelmus filius Alis 1214 Cur (Beds); Alicia filia Engrami 1219 AssY; Atheleisia, Aelesia, Aeleis (identical) 1219–20 Cur (Nf); Roger Alys 1221 AssWa; William Aliz 1297 MinAcctCo. OFr Aalis, Aliz, OG Adalhaidis ‘noble kind, sort’, modern Alice.

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

  • Galbūt trumpinys iš Aleksandras, Aleksas, Aloyzas ar pan.

    as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

  • In Cebuano, a wake; the path left behind a ship on the surface of the water

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Welsh, a female given name, equivalent to English Alice

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In lid, the putty nut: Parinarium laurinum

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

14001600180020002200Alis Wen, b. 1520Alis Levi, b. 1884Alis Guggenheim, b. 1896Alis Vidūnas, b. 1934Alis Baublys, b. 1940Alis Koekkoek, b. 1945Alis Balbierius, b. 1954Alis Rowe, b. 1988Alis Baçi, b. 1991Alis, b. 2002

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 81 sources across 41 countries.

Official registers attesting Alis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201K#11,287
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—360#695
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020124#11,287
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—101#1,847
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—97#1,847
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202534—

Reference works 9

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Alis?
In the etymology graph, Alicia, Alice and Allison are forms of the same name in other languages.
What does the name Alis mean, and where does it come from?
from OFr Aalis, Aliz, OG Adalhaidis ‘noble kind, sort’, modern Alice; first attested Adeliz de Raimes 1138 Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
Is Alis a male or female name?
Alis is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Alis have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.4 thousand people named Alis in Venezuela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alis.
How common is the name Alis?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,146 people named Alis in 2020, about 1 in 290 thousand residents.
How common is Alis compared with other names?
In Venezuela, Alis is the 703rd most common given name of 218,181 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alis” — the 703rd most common given name in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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