Given name & surname
Lamis
“a soft-skinned woman”
Lamis is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a soft-skinned woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a soft-skinned woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lamis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 153
- 0 boys · 153 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,151 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,151 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 431 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lamis’s family of names
Lamis has a related form in Lamees. Lamis has a related form in Lameese. Lamis has a related form in Lamiss.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lamis
- Lamis GaberEgyptian writerborn 1947
- Lamis al-AlamiPalestinian politicianborn 1943
- Lamis AmmarPalestinian actressborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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