Alize

Alize: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “trade wind”
Origin: French
Say it: ah-LEEZ · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls (94% of all uses)

Usually from French alizé, the trade wind; compare the French name Alizée. It may also be used as a simplified spelling of Alizée in English-speaking contexts.

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How popular is Alize?

202419.5 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Alize in 202465

2024 rank#2,900 girls

Peak year1998

Total US babies since 18805,623

Alize is fading: recent use is about 56% of its level ten years before.

Names like Alize

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Eloisehealthy; wide · French
Claireclear, bright · French
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Madelineof Magdala · French
Carolinefree woman · French
Allisonnoble kind · French

Alize questions

What does the name Alize mean?

Alize means "trade wind". It comes from French. Usually from French alizé, the trade wind; compare the French name Alizée. It may also be used as a simplified spelling of Alizée in English-speaking contexts.

Is Alize a boy or girl name?

Alize is mainly a girl's name in US records (94% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Alize?

65 US babies were named Alize in 2024. Its peak year was 1998.

How do you pronounce Alize?

Alize is usually pronounced ah-LEEZ.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.