Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Talis isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Talis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 115
- 99 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,668 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,668 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 241 as a first name in 2020; 194 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.
Talis’s family of names
Talis has a related form in Tallis. In Greek usage, Talis as a surname is a transliteration of Τάλης. In Greek usage, Talis as a surname is a transliteration of Τάλις.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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