Given name & surname · also French
Tallis
“of the forest; woodland dweller”·“a composer of religious musIc”
Tallis is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “of the forest; woodland dweller” (French) and “a composer of religious musIc” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “of the forest; woodland dweller” (French) and “a composer of religious musIc” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with French and English naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tallis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 136
- 89 boys · 47 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 16 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 7 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 237 as a first name in 2020; 250 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.
Tallis’s family of names
Tallis has a related form in Talisa. Tallis has a related form in Talissa. Tallis has a related form in Talise.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 31
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Talisevariant
- Talisvariant
- Talissavariant
- Talisiavariant
- Talysavariant
- Talisavariant
- Talasvariant
- Talesvariant
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- Talysvariant
- Tallysvariant
- Tallasvariant
- Tallesvariant
- Talysiavariant
- Tallysavariant
- Taleycevariant
- Talicevariant
- Taleicevariant
- Taliecevariant
- Taleacevariant
- Taleecevariant
- Taleasevariant
- Taliesevariant
- Taleisevariant
- Taleysevariant
- Taleesevariant
- Talysevariant
- Talyssvariant
- Talissvariant
- Tallysevariant
- Tallissevariant
- Tallissvariant
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tallis
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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