Promyse
Promyse was the 3507th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2916th with 58 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,581 places. More babies were named Promyse in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Promise) promise (English word) · English, Latin
- Rank in 2025
- #3,507 girls, down 336 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202158 babies
- Total since 1880
- 628babies recorded
What does the name Promyse mean?
Promyse is a spelling of Promise, pronounced the same way, so it shares Promise's meaning and origin.
Promise is an English virtue-style word name, which Wiktionary records as a girls' name. The American Heritage Dictionary traces promise through Old French promesse to Medieval Latin promissa, from Latin promittere, to send forth or to promise. The Latin verb combines pro-, forth, and mittere, to send, as the American Heritage Dictionary explains. As a name it suggests hope and commitment. US records show Promise from 1975.
prōmittere (Latin, “to send forth; to promise”)
How sure is this? Well established.
See also: English names, virtue names.
Sources for this meaning
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th ed., entry 'promise' (etymology), HarperCollins / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Wiktionary, entry 'Promise' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Promyse popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,507 | 44 |
| 2020 | #3,171 | 50 |
| 2010 | #6,844 | 19 |
| 2000 | #10,533 | 9 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Promyse, counting every spelling?
Promyse is a spelling of Promise, a name family that ranked #743 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,507 for Promyse on its own. Together these spellings went to 374 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promise | 330 | #826 | 1,817 |
| Promyse | 44 | #3,507 | 250 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Promyse?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Promyse (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Promyse born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Promyse.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Promyse?
About 600 people born in the US named Promyse are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 14. That makes Promyse a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Promyse by state
How common Promyse was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (4.4×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Promyse: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Promyse, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Promyse
What does Promyse mean?
Promyse is a spelling of Promise, which means “promise (English word)” (English, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Promyse?
Promyse was the 3507th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2916th with 58 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,581 places. More babies were named Promyse in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Promyse a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Promyse in the US.
Where is Promyse most popular?
In 2021–2025, Promyse was most common in Georgia (0.14 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Florida.