Given name & surname
Olis
“a powerful man”
Olis is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a powerful man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a powerful man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Olis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 149
- 114 boys · 35 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 21 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 boys is 5 in 1944. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020; 276 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.
Olis’s family of names
Olis has a related form in Oliss. Olis has a related form in Olisse. Olis has a related form in Olys.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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