Alease
Feminine
Spelled this way the name is two English words. A lease is a document, and a reader meeting these letters cold will parse them that way before parsing them as a name — which is the ordinary hazard of writing a name phonetically in a language whose vocabulary is already crowded.
How old is the name Alease?
Alease first appears in US birth records in 1888 — 137 years ago. The typical Alease alive today was born around 1929, making them about 96 years old. About 600 people named Alease are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alease most popular?
Alease peaked in 1909, reaching #890 nationally. See the whole 1909 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elise to Alease
The story of Alease
The likeliest parent came into English through Germany rather than France. Elise looks French and is used in France, but its route into English naming ran through German — where it is the standard short form of Elisabeth and has been for centuries — and it arrived with the wave of German cultural influence in the nineteenth century rather than with anything Parisian. That matters for how the name should be said: the German stress is on the second syllable and the French would put it on the last, and English-speaking families have inherited both without being told which they have.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name is a phonetic spelling and the word being spelled cannot be identified with confidence. Elise and Alicia both produce this sound and mean different things, so nothing can be reported.
How the name formed
- Elise
- Alease
Pronouncing Alease
uh-LEESE
Two syllables with the weight at the back. The spelling can only be read one way, which is the entire point of writing it out.
Nicknames for Alease
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1888
- Most girls named
- 192557 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #890reached in 1909
- Change vs 2008
- 0.0%5 in 2018, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Aleases among us
people named Alease are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Alease sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The spelling is unambiguous where the parent forms are not.
- The stress at the back gives it a decisive finish.
- Every sound in it is easy and needs no explaining.
- It is spelled as two ordinary English words and will be read that way.
- No meaning can be given, because the parent cannot be identified.
- The generation that used it is now very old.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aleases are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Alease are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Alease in 2025?
- Alease is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Alease with classmates?
- Alease will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with A, all years combined.
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