Liss
Liss is a surname and a given name.
- Norwegian
- Danish
Meaning & Origin of Liss
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Liss is a surname and a given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Norwegian
- Danish
The Story of Liss
American parents first put Liss on the record books as a baby girl name in 2016, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 6 Lisss were born — ranking #14,326 that year. About 50% of every Liss on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Liss last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Liss
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Liss. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Liss
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About the name Liss
Liss is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2016 and has accumulated 12 births in the dataset. Liss's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #14,326. Use the chart and map above to compare Liss's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.