Name meaning & stats
Elis
Elis means “my God is an oath” (Hebrew origin). 564 US babies since 1940, peak 2021. Notable Eliss are 1.7× over-represented as footballers.
What it means
“my God is an oath”
HebrewSpelling of Elise
Elise around the world
- Элиза · Russian
- Ελίζ · Greek
- إيليس · Arabic
- エリーゼ · Japanese
- 艾莉丝 · Chinese
- Eliška · Czech
- Elisabet · Icelandic
- Élise
- Elisse
- Elize · Dutch
Famous Elises
- Elise Mertens · Belgian tennis player
- Elise Stefanik · United States Representative from New York since 2015 (Republican)
Elise’s name day
- April 17 · Norway
- September 20 · Sweden
In US birth records
Peak year: 2021
564 US babies were named Elis between 1940 and 2025.
Elis around the world
- Belgium: 121 babies since 1995, peak 2016, No. 758 in 2025
- Sweden: 29 babies since 1998, peak 2016, No. 1,631 in 2022
- England & Wales: 177 babies since 1996, peak 2018, No. 2,787 in 2025
- France: 75 babies since 1900, peak 2021, No. 3,142 in 2025
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Eliss end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Footballer | 1.7× | Low · 5 people |
| Singer | 1.2× | Low · 2 people |
| Politician | 1.0× | Low · 1 people |
| Lawyer | 1.2× | Low · 1 people |
Among notable women who are footballers, Eliss show up 1.7× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 264 Elises spell it Elis
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2021)