# Pallas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pallas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “to poise”, “sway”, “swing” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpæləs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 98 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 98 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Παλλάς (Pallás) (f.) or Πάλλας (Pállas) (m.), from πάλλω (pállō, “to poise, sway, or swing”), but explained here by the ancients as more specifically meaning to brandish something. In Athena's conventional iconography, she was often depicted with a spear or a shield. Thus the epithet was explained as referring to her brandishing these things.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 5 | 8,320 |
| 1998 | 7 | 12,057 |
| 1999 | 9 | 10,110 |
| 2000 | 5 | 16,909 |
| 2003 | 7 | 13,471 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11,391 |
| 2006 | 9 | 12,179 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17,083 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,993 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,770 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,537 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,875 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,740 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13,122 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: بَالَاس
- Bulgarian: Палада
- Chinese: 帕拉斯, 智神星
- Esperanto: Palaso
- Finnish: Pallas
- French: Pallas
- Greek: Παλλάς
- Irish: Pallas
- Italian: Pallade
- Japanese: パラス
- Korean: 팔라스
- Portuguese: Palas
- Russian: Палла́да
- Vietnamese: Pallas, sao Trí Thần

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.