Malissa - Meaning of Malissa

What does Malissa mean?

[ syll. ma-lis-sa, mal-i-ssa ] The baby girl name Malissa is pronounced as MAHLIH-SAH †. Malissa's language of origin is Old Greek and it is predominantly used in English. Malissa is a spelling variant of the English and German Melissa.

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Malissa is an unusual baby name for girls. Its usage peaked in 1972 with 0.019% of baby girls being named Malissa. It ranked at #545 then. The baby name has since experienced a steep decline in frequency, and is used only on a very modest scale today. In 2018, among the group of girl names directly related to Malissa, Melissa was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Malissa include Melissa (English and German), Macaela, Macayla (English), Machaela, Machella, Magola (Spanish), Mahalah (English), Mahalya, Mahola, Maholah, Maholla, Mahollah, Makaela (English), Makyla (English), Malachey, Malachie, Malaeka, Malayka, Maleaka, and Maleala.

† approx pronunciation for Malissa: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"



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