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Alissa - Meaning of Alissa
What does Alissa mean?
[ 3 syll. a-lis-sa, al-i-ssa ] The baby girl name Alissa is pronounced as aa-LIHS-aa- †. Alissa is used mostly in English and Hebrew. It is of Germanic and Hebrew origin.
Alissa is a derivative (English) of Alice.
Alissa is also a derivative (English) of the English, Latinized, Spanish, French, and Scandinavian name Alicia.
Alissa is also a derivative (English and Hebrew) of the German, English, Russian, Slavic, Armenian, and Hebrew name Alisa.
Alissa is also a derivative of the English and Hebrew name Alyssa.
Alissa is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1997, 0.064% of baby girls were named Alissa. It was #243 in rank then. The baby name has markedly dropped in popularity since then, and is currently used on a very modest scale. Within the family of girl names directly related to Alissa, Alice was the most widely used in 2016.
Baby names that sound like Alissa include Alysa, Aahliyah, Aailiyah, Aaleah, Aaleasha, Aaleyah, Aalia, Aaliah, Aalliah, Aelicia, Alaïs, Alake, Alecsis, Alecxis, Aleesa, Aleisha, Aleja, Aleka, Alekko, and Aleksa.
† Pronunciation for Alissa: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"
A famous person named Alissa is Ayn Rand, Author, born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum 2 February 1905 - 6 March 1982, St. Petersburg, Russia.
