Given name & surname
Lais
“a legendary courtesan”
Lais is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “a legendary courtesan.”
Original GreekΛάης
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a legendary courtesan.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lais through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52
- 0 boys · 52 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,240 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,240 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 577 as a first name in 2020; 559 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.
Lais’s family of names
Lais has a related form in Laith. Lais has a related form in Laisa. Lais has a related form in Laes.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lais
- Lais of Corinthancient Greek courtesan500 BC–360 BC
- Lais of Hyccaraancient Greek heteira400 BC–360 BC
- Laís NunesBrazilian amateur wrestlerborn 1992
- Laís SouzaBrazilian artistic gymnastborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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