At a Glance: Name: Ulises – 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
Phonetic: oo-LEE-sess IPA: /uːˈliːsɛs/
Popularity of Ulises
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1954–2024.
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