Ivelisse
Feminine
Puerto Rican naming built itself out of letters Spanish barely uses. W, y as a consonant, doubled letters, final -sse and -tte: none of these belong to Spanish orthography, and all of them appear across a generation of island coinages. Ivelisse, Wanda, Yolimar, Maribelisse. The tradition is real, deliberate, and almost entirely undocumented.
How old is the name Ivelisse?
Ivelisse first appears in US birth records in 1952 — 73 years ago. The typical Ivelisse alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 1,700 people named Ivelisse are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ivelisse most popular?
Ivelisse peaked in 1964, reaching #2109 nationally. Today it ranks #8362, 6,253 places below that high. See the whole 1964 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ivelisse
Our reading is that Puerto Rican coinage deserves description on its own terms, and the striking thing about it is the orthography. Spanish has no w in native words, does not double consonants except ll, rr and cc, and does not use a final double s or a French -ette. Puerto Rican names of the mid twentieth century use all of them freely, which points at where the material came from: American English, French through fashion and film, and a general appetite for letters that looked different from what the island's Spanish already had. The result is a set of names that read as foreign in Spain, as Hispanic in the United States, and as ordinary in San Juan. Ivelisse is one of them. Its meaning cannot be given because it was not made from a word, and the honest description is of how it was built rather than what it says.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Ivelisse has no established etymology. It is a Puerto Rican coinage of the twentieth century, probably built on the Iv- of Ivonne or Ivette with a French-influenced ending. Glosses connecting it to a Germanic yew element through Yves are speculative and rest only on the first two letters. It peaks in the American data in 1964, arriving with Puerto Rican migration to the mainland.
Pronouncing Ivelisse
ee-veh-LEES
Three syllables, stress on the last, following the French pattern of the ending. English speakers usually say iv-uh-LEES. The doubled s is a single sound.
Nicknames for Ivelisse
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
- 1952
- Most girls named
- 198851 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2109reached in 1964
- Change vs 2024
- −29.4%12 in 2025, from 17
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.
Ivelisse in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ivelis in Spanish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, New York, Pennsylvania.
Ivelisses among us
people named Ivelisse are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 133,939 born in 2025 was named Ivelisse
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Remonia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ivelisse's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Remonia climbed just as high around 1940, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Remonia's path sketches the road Ivelisse is walking now.
Ivelisse sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Ivelisse beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ivelisse in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The rhythm is elegant and the ending is distinctive.
- Several natural short forms are available.
- It belongs to a genuine and identifiable naming tradition.
- No meaning can be given, and the ones in circulation are guesses.
- The doubled s and final e are unusual in Spanish and invite correction.
- It is rare outside Puerto Rican families.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ivelisses are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Ivelisse are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ivelisse in 2025?
- Ivelisse ranks #8362 among US girl names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ivelisse?
- About 1 in every 133,939 US girls born in 2025 was named Ivelisse — 12 in all.
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- Ivelisse will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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