Meaning of name Lyssa

The name Lyssa has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Lyssa is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Lyssa for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Larissa, of which the name Lyssa is a variant.

The name Lyssa is very likely a(n) Greek variant of the name Larissa. See other suggested Greek girl baby names.

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

The following names are baby names related to Lyssa and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Lyssa: Boys - Cristopher, Darius, Deo, Galen, Leander, Philip, Girls - Damaris, Dea, Dido, Kittie, Leandra, Lexi, Lydia, Ophelia, Sophia, Both genders - Christopher, Cora, Stephanie

The name Lyssa is a variant of Larissa. Other popular variants of the name Larissa are: Lara (Latin), Laressa, Larisa, Larissah, Larrissa, Larryssa, Laryssa, Laurissa, Laurissah, Lerissa, Lorissa, Lyssa

We think the name Lyssa should fall under the following style category: African-American.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Lyssa to be: Nice and friendly woman

In one word, you might describe Lyssa as a(n) "friendly" person.

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