Given name & surname
Riis
Riis is a surname from Danish. It is used in Danish and Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Riis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 5 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 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 318 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.
Riis’s family of names
In Greek usage, Riis as a surname is a transliteration of Ρήης.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Riis, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Kier
“dear”
>99% boys
Tage
“guarantor, surety” · “born during the daytime”
>99% boys
Macaulay
“the son of righteousness”
>99% boys
Nielsen
Nielsen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Danish, Icelandic, and Norwegian.
>99% boys
Christensen
Christensen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian.
>99% boys
Thorben
“Thor” · “bear”
>99% boys
Ryker
“a powerful ruler”
98% boys · 2% girls
Mase
Mase is a masculine given name from Danish. It is used in Greenlandic.
>99% boys