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 [ 3 syll. a-lys-sa, al-y-ssa ] The girl name Alyssa is pronounced as ahLIHSah KEY. Alyssa is used chiefly in English and Hebrew, and its origin is Germanic and Hebrew. Alyssa is a variant of the name Alisa (German, English, Russian, Slavic, and Hebrew) in the English and Hebrew languages. Alyssa is also a variant of the name Alicia (English, Latinized, Spanish, and Scandinavian) in the English language. The spelling variants Allyssa (English) and Alysa (English) are forms of the name. See also the related form, Alice (Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese). Alyssa is very popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1960s; before that, it was of very light use only. At the height of its usage in 1999, 0.722% of baby girls were named Alyssa. Its ranking then was #11. In 2008, its usage was 0.464% and its ranking #16, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its group. In 2008, Alyssa was more commonly used than the next most popular name, Alicia (English, Latinized, Spanish, and Scandinavian), by 5 times. Baby names that sound like Alyssa include Alissa (English and Hebrew), Illyssa (English), Alaisa (English), Alaqua, Alaska (English), Alecia (English), Aleeza (English and Hebrew), Aleka (Greek and Spanish), Alekko (Slavic), Aleksey (Russian and Slavic), Aleksi (Slavic), Alesha (Russian and English), Aleshia (English), Aleska (Polish), Alessa (Italian), Aletia (Hawaiian), Alexa (English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish), Alexi (English), Alexie (English and German), and Alexiou (Greek). A famous person named Alyssa is Actress Alyssa Milano, born 19 December 1972, Brooklyn, New York. KEY: Pronunciation for Alyssa: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
