Given name & surname

Killis

Killis is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Killis isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Killis through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1905
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Killis in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1905–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1905. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Killis’s family of names

In Greek usage, Killis as a surname is a transliteration of Κήλλης. In Greek usage, Killis as a surname is a transliteration of Κιλλής.

Walk Killis’s family in the name graph

KillisΚιλλήςΚήλλης

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Killis, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Capus

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Kirkwood

“from the church's forest”

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>99% boys

 

Calip

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>99% boys

 

Colquitt

Colquitt is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Greek

Delphin

“resembling a dolphin”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

 

Carwin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

 

Loomis

Loomis is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

 

Converse

Converse is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Killis’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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