Adessa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Adessa by the numbers

Adessa was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Adessa

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adessa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alessadefender of mankind; a form of Alessia143 in the US (2017)
  • Adesuacrown dignifies the family3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anessa52 in the US (2017)
  • Adassa5 in the US (2017)
  • Alyssanoble or high-born2,227 in the US (2017)
  • Alessiadefender; italian form of alexis160 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Adessa

Names that are said the same way as Adessa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Adisaone who is clear, lucid14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Adessa

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