Meaning of the nameElis
- Female
- E-lis
Elis is a female name of uncertain origin in Brazil, recorded in Swedish as a variant of Elias and in Estonian as a short form of Elisabeth.
Meaning
The meaning of Elis is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 30,866
- Rank in Brazil
- #803
- Median age
- 33 years
- 2010 Census
- 22,970
- people
Elis in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Elis, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (6,500 people).
28,273 women 2,593 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Elis is most common
States with the highest share of people named Elis in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.022%
- Sergipe 0.021%
- Roraima 0.020%
- Santa Catarina 0.020%
- Paraná 0.020%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 6,712 | 0.015% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,965 | 0.014% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,378 | 0.022% |
| Bahia | 2,278 | 0.016% |
| Paraná | 2,252 | 0.020% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,918 | 0.012% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,505 | 0.020% |
| Pernambuco | 1,182 | 0.013% |
| Maranhão | 1,088 | 0.016% |
| Goiás | 1,048 | 0.015% |
| Pará | 977 | 0.012% |
| Ceará | 969 | 0.011% |
| Mato Grosso | 607 | 0.017% |
| Amazonas | 587 | 0.015% |
| Espírito Santo | 559 | 0.015% |
| Distrito Federal | 524 | 0.019% |
| Sergipe | 469 | 0.021% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 464 | 0.017% |
| Paraíba | 449 | 0.011% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 413 | 0.013% |
| Alagoas | 369 | 0.012% |
| Piauí | 368 | 0.011% |
| Rondônia | 237 | 0.015% |
| Tocantins | 215 | 0.014% |
| Acre | 144 | 0.017% |
| Roraima | 127 | 0.020% |
| Amapá | 62 | 0.008% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Elis
The origin of Elis as a Brazilian name is uncertain. Wiktionary records Elis in Estonian as a short form of Elisabeth, and Wiktionary and Behind the Name record it in Swedish as a male variant of Elias. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes Elis among the traditional names with the element Eli-, whose origin it considers doubtful, and the dictionary lists Eliz, Elys, Elyz, Helis, Heliz and Helyz as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 30,866 people named Elis, with a median age of 33. The name is almost always female, had a first peak among those born in the 1970s and 1980s and grew again among those born from 2010 on.
This is the most common spelling in the group; IBGE also records men with this name.
Other spellings of Elis
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Elis | 30,866 |
| Eliz | 3,042 |
Sources
- Wiktionary: Elis · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Elis · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Elis · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Elis
What does the name Elis mean?
The meaning of Elis is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Elis in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 30,866 people with the first name Elis, which ranks it number 803 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Elis a boy's or a girl's name?
Elis is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 28,273 women and 2,593 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Elis most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.022% of the state's population is named Elis (2,378 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Elis?
Eliz. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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