Olis
Olís is the trade name of Iceland Oil Ltd., an oil and energy infrastructure company in Iceland. The company operates a number of service stations under the trademark of Olís, in addition to the self-serve stations under the brand name of ÓB - inexpensive fuel.
Meaning & Origin of Olis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Olís is the trade name of Iceland Oil Ltd., an oil and energy infrastructure company in Iceland. The company operates a number of service stations under the trademark of Olís, in addition to the self-serve stations under the brand name of ÓB - inexpensive fuel.
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Origin & history
The Story of Olis
As a girl name
Olis first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1919, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1922: 13 births, good for #2,612 nationwide. About 71% of every Olis on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Olis last appeared in the published SSA data in 1931, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 35 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Olis on the record books as a boy name in 1914, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1923, when 11 Oliss were born — ranking #2,614 that year. About 48% of every Olis on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Olis last appeared in the published SSA data in 1944, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 114 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Olis
Olis is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 114 births in the dataset. Olis's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #2,614. Use the chart and map above to compare Olis'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 .
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