Lois

Greek
"most desirable"

Lois Origin and Meaning

The name Lois is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "most desirable".

The eternal fiancee of Superman turned sweet gray-haired lady who's always available to babysit her grandkids turned....hot new baby name?

True to the Hundred Year Rule, Lois is poised to climb the charts again and reprise its heyday in the 1920s. Its choice by Mrs. America, Ballerina Farm momfluencer Hannah Neeleman, is helping ropel it back into style. In the 1920s, Lois was a Top 20 names. Lois stayed in the Top 50 into the 1940's, but dropped off the list completely in 1983.

Lois is actually a New Testament name of Greek origin: she was converted by Paul and was the grandmother of Timothy, who became one of Paul's disciples. Other s-ending names are making a comeback, as is Iris and Louise, so why not Lois?

# 984 in the US

Lois Rank in US Top 1000

# 598 on Nameberry

Lois Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Lois Popularity

Famous People Named Lois

  • Lois Eleanor Delander
    Miss America 1927
  • Lois Lenski
    American novelist
  • Lois Bancroft Long
    American 1920s magazine columnist
  • Lois Ann Lowry
    American novelist
  • (Florence) Lois Weber
    American actress and film director
  • Lois McMaster Bujold
    American novelist
  • Lois Ragnhild Grimsrud Capps
    U.S. Congresswoman from California
  • Lois Wilson
    American silent film actress
  • Lois Collyer (born Madelyn Earle Jones)
    American actress
  • Lois Johnson
    American country music singer
  • Lois Elsa Hole
    Canadian politician; 15th Lieut. Governor of Alberta
  • Lois Duncan
    American novelist
  • Lois June Nettleton
    American actress
  • Lois Ada (Goldberg) Lilienstein
    Canadian singer of trio Sharon, Lois & Bram
  • Lois Ruth Maxwell
    Canadian actress
  • Loïs Mailou Jones
    American painter
  • Lois Moran (born Lois Darlington Dowling)
    American actress
  • Lois Cleveland Chiles
    American actress
  • Lois Arlene Smith
    American actress
  • Lois Jane Frankel
    U.S. Congresswoman from Florida
  • Lois Meredith
    American actress
  • Lois Gail Lerner
    American attorney; former IRS director
  • Lois Logan (b. 2012)
    daughter of athletes Kenny and Gabby Logan; twin of brother Reuben

Lois in Pop Culture

  • Lois Lane
    character in the "Superman" franchise
  • Lois Patrice Griffin
    character on TV's "Family Guy"
  • Lois Whelan
    Debra's mother on TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond"
  • Lois Harlan
    character in "The Gingerbread Man"
  • Lois Bailey Flagston
    main character in comic strip "Hi and Lois"
  • Lois Habiba
    character on TV's "Torchwood: Children of Earth"
  • Lois Ellington Morgan
    Ellen's mother on TV's "Ellen"
  • Lois
    mother on TV's "Malcolm in the Middle"
  • Lois
    main character of Margaret Atwood's short story "Death by Landscape"