Alys

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Alys, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Eleri
• Carys
• Bethan
• Ffion
• Efa
• Cerys
• Delyth
• Ceri
• Nesta
• Catrin
• Elin
• Bronwen

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Alys is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, United States, Mexico, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Álys, Àlys, Aly'S

• French given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom, Belgium

  Also written A-Lys, Ãlÿs, Alýs, Álys, Alÿs

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Alys is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In kw, a female given name, equivalent to English Alice

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In ang, singular imperative of ālȳsan

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English: variant spelling of ALICE .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Alys ferch Owain Glyndŵrb. 1350Welsh royalty
• Alys Fane Trotterb. 1862ZASouth African artist
• Alys Pearsall Smithb. 1867USWife of Bertrand Russell
• Alice Ross-Kingb. 1887AUnot in their usual nameAustralian military nurse (1887–1968)
• Alys Faizb. 1915GBPakistani writer
• Alys Robib. 1923CACanadian musician (1923–2011)
• Alys Fowlerb. 1978GBBritish television presenter
• Alys Sánchezb. 1986VEVenezuelan boxer
• Alys Williamsb. 1994USwater polo player
• Ffion Morganb. 2000GBnot in their usual nameWelsh footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Alys mean, and where does it come from?

From Old High German Adalheidis, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”). Recorded by Wiktionary.

What are other forms of the name Alys?

In the etymology graph, Alicia, Alice and Alyssa are forms of the same name in other languages; Ali, Allie and Ally are recorded short or pet forms.

How do you pronounce Alys?

In Spanish /alis/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

In which country does Alys have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 769 people named Alys, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled alys.

How common is the name Alys?

In the United States, the national register counted 769 people named Alys in 2020, about 1 in 433 thousand residents.

Is Alys a male or female name?

Alys is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).