girl's name
Ysée
ee-ZAY
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Top 1000 (France)
- Births on record 2,285
France
#155
2025 births
Ysée is a girl's name with no established etymology, a modern French coinage that reference sites confidently trace to sources it does not have. It ranks 155th in France and is at its peak in our records now.
- Ysée is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 2025, when 345 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,709 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1994.
Ysée over time
Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 35 |
| 2000s | 320 |
| 2010s | 660 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,270 |
What Ysée means
Ysée has no demonstrable meaning. It is usually presented as a form of Iseult or as Greek for divine, and neither claim survives checking — the name appears in no historical record before the late twentieth century.
Where Ysée comes from
Ysée is a recent French invention, and the confident etymologies attached to it are worth treating with suspicion. The commonest claim makes it a form of Yseult or Iseult, the Tristan legend's heroine — a Breton or Welsh name of genuinely uncertain derivation, sometimes read as ice ruler from Germanic elements. The second claim gives it as Greek for divine, which corresponds to no Greek word. The likeliest account is the plainest: Ysée belongs to the wave of French coinages that took an existing sound and gave it a decorative spelling, alongside Lyana, Elyne and Maïssane, and its meaning is whatever family lore supplies. Our records make the case: the name does not appear at all before 1994, which is not how an ancient name behaves.
Ysée in use
Ysée ranks 155th in France with about 345 births in 2025 and is at its peak in our records this year. Our records carry it only from 1994, one of the shortest histories of any name in the French top 200. It appears in no other market we hold. A name that is simultaneously new, rising and confidently given an ancient origin by reference sites is a pattern worth recognizing.
How popular is Ysée?
In 2025, Ysée was given to 345 babies in France, ranking #155 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Ysée is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Ysee | Ysee is Ysée without the acute accent, and the spelling recorded in France, where it ranks #5,623. | 455 |
Names that peaked alongside Ysée
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Ysée also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ysée over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Ysée in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Ysée
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ysée — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Ysée
What does the name Ysée mean?
There is no demonstrable meaning. It is a recent French coinage, and our records do not carry it before 1994.
Is Ysée a form of Iseult?
That is the usual claim, but it is not supported — and Iseult's own derivation is uncertain.
Does Ysée mean divine in Greek?
No. That claim corresponds to no Greek word.
How do you pronounce Ysée?
ee-ZAY, two syllables.
Is Ysée a girl's or a boy's name?
Ysée is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Ysée most popular?
Ysée peaked in 2025, when 345 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Ysée a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ysée currently ranks #155 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.