Given name
Ulisses
“one who roams; an angry man”
Ulisses is a variant of Ulysses. In Latin use, Ulysses carries the interpretation “one who roams; an angry man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ulisses is a variant of Ulysses. In Latin use, Ulysses carries the interpretation “one who roams; an angry man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ulisses connects to the Odysseus name family through Ulysses. An origin associated with Odysseus is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ulisses through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,312
- 1,312 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 68 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,828 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +17%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,828 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,199 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ulisses’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Ulisses has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ulises. Ulisses has a related form in Ulysses. In Portuguese usage, Ulisses has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ulysse.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ulisses
- Ulisses GarciaSwiss-Portuguese association football playerborn 1996
- Ulissesassociation football playerborn 1989
- Ulisses dos SantosBrazilian athlete1929–2021
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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