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Alys
OriginWelsh form of Alice, German
Meaning"noble"
About Alys
Popular in Wales, familiar across the UK, and ultimately derived from the Germanic Adalheidis, this isn't a creative respelling of a classic, but the Welsh variant of it.
Pronounced AL-is.
As of October 2026, Alys ranked #4885 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #840 in 1880.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,662 | 29 | 18.1 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | #4,885 | 27 | 16.8 |
World rankings
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Countess of the Vexin, French princess
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pen name of Elizabeth Harris, English novelist
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English TV presenter
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American Quaker leader
Alys in pop culture
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a character in Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire series
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character in Lois McMaster Bujold's The Vorkosigan Saga
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a 'new urbanist' community in Florida
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