# Bliss (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bliss/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,588 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,471 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,164 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (14,273 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /blɪs/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Blish |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bliss in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bliss in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bliss

- Alexa Bliss, American professional wrestler
- Lucille Bliss, American actress (1916–2012)
- Kirby Bliss Blanton, American actress
- Caroline Bliss, British actress
- Philip Bliss, 19th century Christian hymnodist (1838–1876)
- Tasker H. Bliss, 8th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1917-1918)
- Brian Bliss, American soccer player
- Boti Bliss, American actress
- Cornelius Newton Bliss, American merchant, politician and art collector (1833-1911)
- Lela Bliss, American actress (1896-1980)
- Gilbert Ames Bliss, American mathematician (1876–1951)
- Frederick J. Bliss, American archaeologist (1859–1937)

and 5 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Blais, Blas, Bullis, Bellis, Bloss, Blaise, Bayliss, Blass, Baylis, Black, Blake, Bullock.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.