Meaning 
The name Alysa has the following meaning: A truthful and morally strong person. The name soared to popularity since the mid 1800's due to the success of the Lewis Caroll novel, Alice in Wonderland.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Alysa is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 853 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In both Years 2008 and 2009, the name Alysa remained at the same ranking of 1000. (A ranking of 1000 means that this name ranked 1000 or poorer in the 2008/2009 popularity surveys)
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Alysa in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Alysa and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Alysa: Boys - Wilbur, Girls - Adelia, Adelle, Berdie, Deloise, Harriett, Henriette, Herminia, Karla, Theda, Willa, Both genders - Jocelyn
Variants 
The name Alysa is a variant of Alice. Other popular variants of the name Alice are: Aili (Scottish), Alecia, Alehsa, Alesia, Alessa, Ali (Nickname), Alica (Hungarian), Alice (German), Alicea, Alicia (Spanish), Alika, Alikah, Alisa, Alise, Alishah, Alishay, Alishya, Alisia (Polish), Alisse, Alissya, Aliz (Polish), Alli (Nickname), Allie, Allisanne, Allison (English), Allisun, Ally, Allyce, Allys, Alyce, Alysa, Alyse, Alysha, Alysia, Alyson (English), Alyssa, Alyssaya, Alysse, Alyssia, Elissa, Elsa, Elyse, Elyssa, Illysa, Illyssa, Ilysa, Licha (Spanish)
Style 
We think the name Alysa should fall under the following style category: Traditional. See other Traditional girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Alysa to be: A dreamy person who is young at heart, kind, and gentleIn one word, you might describe Alysa as a(n) " dreamy" person. See other "dreamy" names for girls.
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