Lis - Meaning of Lis

What does Lis mean?

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Lis

[ 1 syll. lis, li-s ] The baby girl name Lis is pronounced LihS- or LihZ †. Lis' origin is Hebrew and Latin, and its use, English and Scandinavian.

Lis is an English and Scandinavian contracted form of the English, Greek, and Hebrew Elizabeth.

Lis is also a familiar form of the English Felicity.

Lis is also a Scandinavian contracted form of Lisa.

A form of the name is the German and Scandinavian spelling variant Lys.

See also the related categories, english, hebrew, latin, and scandinavian.

Lis is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2018, within the family of girl names directly related to Lis, Elizabeth was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Lis include Liss, Lix, Liz, Lizz, Lace, Laek, Laeke, Laes, Laese, Lage, Laik, Laike, Laise, Lake, Lashay, Lashe, Lass, Lasse, Layce, and Layk.

† Pronunciation for Lis: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"