Baby name
STABLE
🇺🇸 Ulysses
/yoo · LIS · eez/
Meaning
“Possibly 'to hate'”
Latin form of the Greek name Odysseus. Odysseus's own origin is uncertain and probably not Greek; tradition links it to the Greek verb odyssomai, meaning 'to hate'. Carried by the hero of Homer's Odyssey and later by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
Vibe
heroicadventurous
How it ages.
Distinguished and literary; it carries the weight of Homer's epic and a U.S. president, not a name for trend-chasers.
The cultural moment.
Ranked #980 in the United States in 2005; it has not appeared in the US top 1000 since, making it a rare choice today.