Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ulis 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 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ulis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 256
- 256 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 18 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 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 112 as a first name in 2020; 184 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.
Ulis’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ulis
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Ulis, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Odis
Odis is a masculine given name.
>99% boys
Arlis
>99% boys
Ottis
“a wealthy man” · “one who is acute”
>99% boys
Arliss
“from the high fortress” · “of the pledge”
>99% boys
Elwin
“a friend of the elves”
>99% boys
Urban
“city-dweller” · “from the city”
>99% boys
Elwyn
“a friend of the elves”
81% boys · 19% girls
Clovis
“a renowned warrior”
>99% boys