Ulisses
Ulisses is a Portuguese-language given name. It is the Portuguese form of the English name Ulysses, which itself derives from a Latin form of Odysseus.
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Ulisses
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ulisses is a Portuguese-language given name. It is the Portuguese form of the English name Ulysses, which itself derives from a Latin form of Odysseus.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
The Story of Ulisses
American parents first put Ulisses on the record books as a baby boy name in 1971, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 68 Ulissess were born — ranking #1,593 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Ulissess. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #6,265 among baby boy names with 14 births, holding steady (-3%). In total, more than 1K Ulissess have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Ulisses
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Ulisses Soares (born 1958), Brazilian official in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Ulisses Morais (born 1959), Portuguese footballer
- Ulisses Correia e Silva (born 1962), Prime Minister of Cape Verde
- Ulisses Braga Neto (born 1971), Brazilian academic
- Ulisses (footballer, born 1986) , full name Ulisses Alves da Silveira, Brazilian football left-back
- Ulisses (footballer, born 1989) , full name Ulisses Rocha de Oliveira, Brazilian football midfielder
- Ulisses Garcia (born 1996), Swiss footballer
- Ulisses (footballer, born 1999) , full name Ulisses Wilson Jeronymo Rocha, Brazilian football defender
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Names that sound like Ulisses
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About the name Ulisses
Ulisses is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Ulisses's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #1,593. Use the chart and map above to compare Ulisses'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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