Lois Forename
2,521st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 408,979 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands
Lois Forename Definition:
A female name. the name of the grandmother of Timothy, mentioned in 2 Tim i. 5. The other members of the family who are named all have Greek names, and it seems probable that Lois is also Greek. It presumably came into use, like other out-of-the-way Biblical names, in the 16th or 17th C (Lyford 1655 gives it in his list of women’s names), but it has not been noted in actual use earlier than 1805, when it occurs in New England.
Read More About This ForenameLois Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 329,913 | 1:1,099 | 242 |
| Canada | 100% | 18,172 | 1:1,823 | 387 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 15,719 | 1:11,296 | 1,412 |
| England | 100% | 7,965 | 1:6,981 | 638 |
| Ghana | 100% | 5,675 | 1:4,755 | 607 |
| Australia | - | 3,836 | 1:3,560 | 549 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,027 | 1:1,499 | 335 |
| Indonesia | 58% | 1,948 | 1:132,425 | 14,062 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 1,683 | 1:9,164 | 1,254 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,587 | 1:1,817 | 417 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 1,443 | 1:5,650 | 596 |
| Uganda | 95% | 1,170 | 1:35,006 | 2,343 |
| Philippines | 72% | 1,125 | 1:94,231 | 5,400 |
| Spain | 95% | 1,045 | 1:44,526 | 1,869 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 987 | 1:53,484 | 3,816 |
| Kenya | 99% | 856 | 1:54,097 | 3,567 |
| South Africa | 97% | 783 | 1:69,646 | 6,416 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 766 | 1:2,406 | 369 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 752 | 1:22,476 | 2,078 |
| DR Congo | 55% | 671 | 1:110,026 | 5,741 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 616 | 1:35,082 | 2,581 |
| Scotland | 100% | 497 | 1:10,765 | 725 |
| Brazil | 100% | 471 | 1:454,854 | 15,438 |
| Wales | 100% | 460 | 1:6,727 | 680 |
| France | 56% | 459 | 1:144,816 | 2,725 |
| Malawi | 86% | 423 | 1:40,455 | 2,904 |
| China | - | 402 | 1:3,398,149 | 49,385 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Italy | 84% | 333 | 1:183,370 | 2,702 |
| India | 79% | 320 | 1:3,796,494 | 159,458 |
| Zambia | - | 266 | 1:59,604 | 3,499 |
| Israel | 82% | 232 | 1:36,219 | 2,601 |
| Liberia | 100% | 229 | 1:19,267 | 1,353 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Chile | 58% | 203 | 1:86,735 | 2,362 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 194 | 1:7,018 | 1,131 |
| Romania | 100% | 193 | 1:103,896 | 4,537 |
| Thailand | 78% | 169 | 1:414,591 | 20,905 |
| Bahamas | - | 162 | 1:2,465 | 501 |
| Gabon | 100% | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Mauritius | - | 160 | 1:8,111 | 1,119 |
| Malaysia | 58% | 159 | 1:191,509 | 11,232 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 148 | 1:70,482 | 4,180 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 147 | 1:205,455 | 7,438 |
| Congo | 79% | 142 | 1:35,276 | 2,979 |
| Egypt | - | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| Mexico | 68% | 116 | 1:1,070,211 | 8,421 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Germany | 69% | 109 | 1:886,953 | 7,330 |
| Peru | 53% | 109 | 1:291,665 | 6,476 |
| Guyana | 100% | 94 | 1:8,120 | 1,305 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 89 | 1:6,528 | 736 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 84 | 1:730 | 135 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 79 | 1:1,258 | 267 |
| Panama | 100% | 78 | 1:50,084 | 3,339 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Russia | 76% | 67 | 1:2,152,742 | 14,166 |
| Argentina | 51% | 65 | 1:658,050 | 4,221 |
| Micronesia | - | 65 | 1:1,638 | 263 |
| Belize | 100% | 62 | 1:5,715 | 1,092 |
| Sweden | 85% | 62 | 1:158,998 | 5,968 |
| Hong Kong | - | 61 | 1:127,094 | 2,962 |
| Singapore | 67% | 58 | 1:108,397 | 7,524 |
| Bermuda | - | 56 | 1:1,158 | 258 |
| Greece | 100% | 56 | 1:195,260 | 4,026 |
| Ireland | 96% | 52 | 1:89,298 | 2,331 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 52 | 1:2,111 | 427 |
| Colombia | 72% | 51 | 1:936,842 | 11,012 |
| Ivory Coast | 75% | 51 | 1:452,469 | 17,460 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Barbados | - | 40 | 1:7,245 | 909 |
| Austria | 100% | 37 | 1:230,114 | 3,206 |
| Ecuador | - | 35 | 1:506,483 | 5,397 |
| Honduras | 100% | 34 | 1:259,337 | 5,353 |
| Switzerland | 83% | 32 | 1:256,672 | 5,387 |
| Guam | - | 28 | 1:5,737 | 966 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Qatar | 50% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Grenada | 100% | 27 | 1:4,005 | 688 |
| Pakistan | 90% | 25 | 1:7,774,307 | 62,662 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 23 | 1:207,302 | 4,707 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 23 | 1:1,509 | 345 |
| Burkina Faso | 62% | 20 | 1:918,973 | 26,099 |
| South Korea | - | 20 | 1:277,221 | 9,162 |
| Norway | 100% | 19 | 1:270,123 | 6,107 |
| Saint Lucia | 89% | 19 | 1:9,359 | 1,306 |
| Jersey | - | 18 | 1:5,554 | 644 |
| Belgium | 95% | 17 | 1:675,885 | 9,645 |
| Benin | 100% | 17 | 1:622,108 | 18,975 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 16 | 1:351,723 | 5,446 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 15 | 1:7,439 | 1,138 |
| Albania | 73% | 12 | 1:253,881 | 12,076 |
| Nauru | 100% | 12 | 1:994 | 151 |
| Haiti | - | 10 | 1:1,072,695 | 14,984 |
| Japan | - | 10 | 1:12,798,606 | 38,248 |
| Guatemala | - | 9 | 1:1,789,825 | 5,607 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 9 | 1:794,666 | 24,808 |
| Cambodia | 80% | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 6 | 1:9,144 | 1,176 |
| Uruguay | - | 5 | 1:685,527 | 7,487 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Belarus | 50% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Iraq | 100% | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Finland | 83% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 88% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Loïs (579), Loís (4), Loîs (3), Lóis (1) & Lóïs (1) are calculated separately.
Lois (10,100) may also be a surname.
Lois Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the name of the grandmother of Timothy, mentioned in 2 Tim i. 5. The other members of the family who are named all have Greek names, and it seems probable that Lois is also Greek. It presumably came into use, like other out-of-the-way Biblical names, in the 16th or 17th C (Lyford 1655 gives it in his list of women’s names), but it has not been noted in actual use earlier than 1805, when it occurs in New England. It became relatively common at the beginning of the present century.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
F. A contraction of Aloisia (cf. French Loys and Provencal Aloys, both being forms of Louis, however, and not of Louise), it is considerably more frequent in America than in Britain.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Greek (feminine) - Better.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Lo'-is. Timothy s grandmother. 2 Tim. i. 5.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: no standard-bearer: no flight.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Greek name, meaning: Desirable: good.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Lois Forename Popularity
Lois Demographics
Lois Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 74,851 (2014)
United States
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Lois Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lois in the Russian language | ||
| Лоис | lois | - |
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