Entry № 6183 · French origin

Maelys Maelys — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ma-ay-LEES /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"Chief, princess (Breton)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (French)

A name that means "chief, princess (breton)".

Maelys (Maëlys) is the French Breton name from mael meaning "prince" or "chief" — feminine "princess." A modern Breton-French feminine name.

Maëlys is widely used in France.

Princess. The Breton-French.

The name in its native script.

Maëlys
Transliteration
Maëlys
Pronunciation
/ məˈeɪ.liːs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maelys stands.

Maelys does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Maelyss before her.

Real people
Maëlys
Common modern French name.
In fiction
Maëlys
Common in French fiction.

Names connected to Maelys.

The number behind Maelys.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maelys reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.