At a Glance
- Meaning
- Spanish form of Odysseus/Ulysses; the deeper Greek meaning is uncertain and disputed
- Origin
- Spanish (from Latin Ulixes, from Greek Odysseus)
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- oo-LEE-sess
Ulises is a Spanish (from Latin Ulixes, from Greek Odysseus) boy's name meaning “Spanish form of Odysseus/Ulysses; the deeper Greek meaning is uncertain and disputed”. It appears in our list of 125+ *Best* 3 Syllable Boy Names (That Are Underused).
Meaning & Origin of Ulises
Meaning: Spanish form of Odysseus/Ulysses; the deeper Greek meaning is uncertain and disputed.
Origin: Spanish (from Latin Ulixes, from Greek Odysseus).
A common claim: Wrathful, wounder Actually: 'Wrathful, wounder' is repeated as if it were the definitive meaning, but it's actually a folk etymology (a pun made within Homer's own text) rather than a confirmed scholarly derivation — the ultimate origin of 'Odysseus' is genuinely uncertain.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Ulises
oo-LEE-sessIPA /uːˈliːsɛs/
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