Given name
Mailis
Mailis is a feminine given name from Swedish. It is used in Finnish and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
Mailis’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Mailis was borrowed from the Swedish form Maj-Lis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mailis
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Similar names
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Kallis
Kallis is a surname from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.
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Tilvis
“Thiälve's son”
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Maarit
“resembling a pearl” · “the child of light”
1% boys · 99% girls
Mimmi
Mimmi is a feminine given name, possibly from Swedish. It is used in Swedish and Finnish.
>99% girls
Myyry
“wall, border”
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Malmquist
“ore” · “twig”
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Maybrit
Maybrit is a feminine given name. It is used in Danish and Norwegian.
>99% girls
Malmstrom
“ore” · “stream”
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