Lyse
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in French: lysis
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/liz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lyse is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country. In Congo - Brazzaville it is the 77th most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 46K(inferred from the name graph)
- BIBurundi≈1 in 4.1K
- CGCongo - Brazzaville≈1 in 4.4K
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.
- Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 191 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Burundi, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Lyse is read(measured from records)
Lyse is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French73%
lysis
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English18%
To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lyse 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #448 | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Lyse | 4 |
| BI Burundi | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | 3 | — | 4 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 46K | 2.8K | Lyse | 191 |
| CG Congo - Brazzaville | #77 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Lyse | 3 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈860 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Lyse | 5 |
| US United States | — | 177 | 1 in 1.9M | 170 | Lyse | 50 |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 31K | 3 | Lyse | 5 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative); CENI — Liste nominative definitive des candidats deputes 2025. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Lyse is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, a light (lighting apparatus)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, ablative singular of lysis
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, e-infinitive form of lysa
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Bokmål, definite singular of lys
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Lyse Longpréb. 1914CACanadian writer (1914–1996)
- Lyse Lemieuxb. 1936CACanadian judge
- Lyse Leducb. 1938CACanadian politician
- Fleur Sullivanb. 1939NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand restaurateur
- Lyse Richerb. 1939CACanadian arts administrator and music teacher
- Lyse Lemieuxb. 1956CACanadian artist
- Lyse Doucetb. 1958CACanadian journalist and television presenter
- Lyse Turgeonb. 1963CAresearcher
- Lyse Langloisb. 1964CAuniversity professor
- Lyse Giraultb. 2000FRFrench cyclist
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 2.8K | #698 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 170 | #41,400 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7 | #41,400 |
| BI Burundi | CENI — Liste nominative definitive des candidats deputes 2025 | 2025 | 3 | #14 |
| GA Gabon | Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative) | 2025 | 3 | #93 |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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
- Where does the name Lyse come from?
- To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Lyse?
- A machine transcription gives /liz/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Lyse mean?
- In French, lysis
- Is Lyse a male or female name?
- Lyse 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 Lyse have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.0 thousand people named Lyse in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lyse.
- How common is the name Lyse?
- In the United States, the national register counted 177 people named Lyse in 2020, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.
- How common is Lyse compared with other names?
- In Congo - Kinshasa, Lyse is the 448th most common given name of 20,652 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lyseThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Lyse” — the 448th most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.