Given name & surname · also Polish
Liss
“fox”
Liss is a surname from Polish (ultimately Ukrainian). It is used in English, German, Faroese, and Manx.
Original PolishLis
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Liss comes from Polish, and ultimately from Ukrainian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Manx usage, Liss is a diminutive of Ealisaid. In English usage, Liss as a surname developed from Lis.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Liss through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 367 as a first name in 2020; 3,172 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.
Liss’s family of names
In Manx usage, Liss is a diminutive of Ealisaid. In English usage, Liss as a surname developed from the Polish form Lis. In German usage, Liss as a surname was borrowed from the Russian form Лис.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Liss has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ukrainian roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Liss
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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