Meaning of name Alissa

The name Alissa has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Alissa is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 317 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Alissa fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 17 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 454 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Alissa in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Alissa is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Aliza. See other suggested Hebrew girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Aliza.

The following names are baby names related to Alissa and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Alissa: Boys - Aaron, Abel, Abner, Abraham, Adam, Aden, Adriel, Alpheus, Alvah, Amarion, Amon, Girls - Alisa, Ana, Annemarie, Annmarie, Ardith, Ayla, Daneil, Dania, Etha, Hanna, Jemima, Kaylah, Leah, Nitza, Nizana, Oralia, Rayna, Ruthann, Zetta, Both genders - Sharon

The name Alissa is a variant of Aliza. Other popular variants of the name Aliza are: Aleeza, Alieza, Aliezah, Alisah, Alisee, Alissa, Alizah, Allissa, Allysah

We think the name Alissa should fall under the following style category: Traditional.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Alissa to be: A sweet, pretty and feminine lady

In one word, you might describe Alissa as a(n) "sweet" person.

See other "sweet" names for girls.