Given name & surname
Allis
“noble”·“kind”·“type”
Allis is a variant of Alice. Alice’s older Germanic elements mean “noble” and “kind” or “type.” The connection with nobility belongs to the name’s linguistic roots.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Allis is a variant of Alice. Alice’s older Germanic elements mean “noble” and “kind” or “type.” The connection with nobility belongs to the name’s linguistic roots.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Allis is a variant of Alice. Alice developed through Old French from Adalheidis, the Germanic name also behind Adelaide.
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How it developed
Allis is a variant of Alice. The shared background comes through Alice: The longer Adalheidis was greatly shortened before reaching its Old French form. Alice and Adelaide therefore share an older source, even though they became distinct names.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Allis is a variant of Alice. The history of Alice gives this family its wider story. Alice returned to wider use in the nineteenth century. Lewis Carroll’s two Alice stories gave it an enduring literary association; his heroine drew inspiration from Alice Liddell.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Allis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 239
- 0 boys · 239 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #10,973 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,973 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 333 as a first name in 2020; 1,174 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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