Fun Facts About the Name Ulices
- More than 1 thousand babies named Ulices: U.S. records list 1,585 babies given the name Ulices from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ulices Mean?
Ulices is a spelling variant of Ulises, the Spanish form of the name known in English as Ulysses. The line goes back to the Greek Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς), the hero of Homer's Odyssey, and that Greek name has no agreed meaning.
The oldest explanation, repeated by ancient writers and still common in name books, connects Odysseus to the Greek verb odyssomai, "to hate" or "to be angry with," which gives the sense "hated one" or "one who causes hatred." A second proposal links it to odynē, "pain, grief." Some scholars treat the name as pre-Greek, with no Greek meaning at all. The customary gloss "hated one," therefore, is a traditional interpretation rather than a secure translation.
Ulices Name History & Origins
Ulysses is the Latin form of Greek Odysseus, and the name reached western Europe through Latin rather than Greek. Roman writers used both Ulixes and Ulysses for the Homeric hero; Livius Andronicus turned the Odyssey into Latin in the third century BC, and Virgil and Ovid also name him. Medieval and Renaissance readers met the character mainly through Latin texts and later retellings, which is how the name passed into English as Ulysses.
In Spanish the Latin name became Ulises. Ulices is a variant spelling of that Spanish form: before e, the letters c and s stand for the same sound in Spanish, so the two spellings are interchangeable in speech. The variant is used in Spanish-speaking countries, especially Mexico, and among Spanish-speaking families in the United States. Later literary treatments - Dante placing Ulysses among the false counselors in the Inferno, Tennyson's poem "Ulysses," and James Joyce's novel Ulysses - belong to the long afterlife of the name, not to its origin.
How Popular is the Name Ulices?
Ulices 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 2018. Its best rank was #1,719 in 1999.
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 | #2,936 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2024 | #2,823 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 2023 | #2,940 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2022 | #2,348 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 2021 | #2,219 | 64 | 0.0037% |
| 2020 | #2,256 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 2019 | #2,148 | 67 | 0.0037% |
| 2018 | #2,028 | 72 | 0.0040% |
| 2017 | #2,341 | 56 | 0.0030% |
| 2016 | #4,761 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #6,294 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #5,051 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #4,790 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #3,446 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2011 | #3,108 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2010 | #3,304 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2009 | #2,554 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 2008 | #2,539 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 2007 | #2,049 | 68 | 0.0033% |
| 2006 | #2,034 | 66 | 0.0032% |
| 2005 | #2,079 | 60 | 0.0030% |
| 2004 | #2,340 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 2003 | #2,234 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 2002 | #1,971 | 57 | 0.0029% |
| 2001 | #1,932 | 57 | 0.0029% |
| 2000 | #1,967 | 53 | 0.0027% |
| 1999 | #1,719 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 1998 | #2,392 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1997 | #2,442 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1996 | #3,395 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1995 | #4,041 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1994 | #3,460 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1993 | #2,785 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 1992 | #3,210 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1991 | #4,211 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #3,302 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1989 | #5,141 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #4,763 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #3,642 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #5,746 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #4,944 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #6,224 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #5,029 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #5,551 | 6 | 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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How the Name Ulices 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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