Alys

Where Alys comes from

Alys hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1867
    Alys Pearsall Smith born
    Wife of Bertrand Russell
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #836 among girls with 5 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1994
    Alys Williams born
    water polo player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Alys Williams · water polo player, born 1994
  • Alys Pearsall Smith · Wife of Bertrand Russell, 1867–1951
  • Alys Faiz · Pakistani writer, 1915–2003
  • Alys Fane Trotter · South African artist, 1862–1961
  • Alys Robi · Canadian musician, 1923–2011

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.