Fun Facts About the Name Lamees
- 532 babies named Lamees: U.S. records list 532 babies given the name Lamees from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lamees Mean?
Lamees (Arabic لميس, Lamīs) is an Arabic feminine name meaning "soft to the touch," "smooth," or "delicately touching." It comes from the root ل-م-س (l-m-s), whose basic sense is touching or feeling something with the hand. Forms from this root include the verb lamasa (لَمَسَ), "to touch," and the noun lams (لَمْس), "a touch." Lamees is built on that root as a descriptive word for someone or something whose touch or texture is soft and pleasing.
Some modern name lists also give the meaning as "soft-spoken" or "gentle." Those are extended, figurative readings of the same root rather than a separate etymology; the literal sense in Arabic dictionaries is physical touch.
Lamees Name History & Origins
The name belongs to a familiar Arabic type: a feminine given name taken from an adjective describing a pleasing quality. It is used in Arabic-speaking regions from the Levant and Egypt to the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa, and it travels with Arabic-speaking families to other countries as well.
Because Arabic writing normally omits short vowels, the name is spelled the same way in Arabic but appears in English in several transliterations: Lamees, Lamis, Lamise, and occasionally Lameess. These are variants of one name, not separate names with separate origins. The name is unrelated to the English word "lame" or to the Greek figure Lamia, despite superficial similarity in sound.
How Popular is the Name Lamees?
Lamees 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 2010. Its best rank was #3,670 in 2010.
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 | #5,830 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2024 | #5,696 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #6,070 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #6,865 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #7,853 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #7,781 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #5,534 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #4,410 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #10,386 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #5,722 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #7,457 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #4,966 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2013 | #5,229 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2012 | #5,809 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2011 | #3,971 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2010 | #3,670 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2009 | #4,151 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2008 | #4,709 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2007 | #9,892 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #9,648 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #7,735 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #13,549 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #10,913 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #14,617 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #16,771 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #12,540 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #10,926 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #15,445 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #10,908 | 7 | 0.0004% |
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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