Fun Facts About the Name Aliss
- 65 babies named Aliss: U.S. records list 65 babies given the name Aliss from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aliss Mean?
Aliss is a spelling variant of the name Alice, also written Alis, Alys, and Alise. It descends from the Germanic name Adalheidis, the ancestor of Adelaide, by way of Old French Aliz and Alis. The Germanic name combines adal, "noble," with heid, "kind" or "sort," so its literal sense is "of noble kind" or "of a noble sort." The meaning is usually given in short form as "noble." This is a literal etymology from the Germanic elements, not a symbolic reading of the letters or sounds of the name.
Aliss Name History & Origins
The Germanic Adalheidis developed in France into Adélaïde and in English into Adelaide. A shortened French form, Aliz, later Alis, was brought to England after the Norman Conquest, and it is from that shortened form that English Alice comes. Middle English records commonly use Alis and Alys; the -ce spelling became the standard English form over time. The name was established in medieval England and is also recorded elsewhere in Europe in forms close to Alis. The Latinized Aleydis belongs to the same family and is the name of the thirteenth-century Cistercian nun Alice of Schaerbeek.
Aliss itself belongs to the set of Alice spellings that end in -s or -ss rather than -ce. It is best understood as a variant spelling within that tradition rather than as a separate name with its own independent origin. The name Alice has a well-known literary association with Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), but that is a much later literary use, not the source of the name.
How Popular is the Name Aliss?
Aliss has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #6,926 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,890 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #6,926 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #9,646 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #8,493 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #15,217 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #16,372 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #14,592 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Aliss Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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You find the best contentment in life when you own your own home and provide well for your family and loved ones. You have a great sense of responsibility and duty. You are comforting, appreciative and affectionate. Your obligation in life is to hold justice and truth, and if you follow the Law, you can find the great happiness and satisfaction.
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