Alayssa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Alayssa by the numbers
Alayssa was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Alayssa
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 Alayssa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Alayssa
Names that are said the same way as Alayssa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Alisanoble kind; variant of Alice48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alissanoble; a form of Alice222 in the US (2017)
- Alessadefender of mankind; a form of Alessia143 in the US (2017)
- Alysaof noble birth; a form of Alyssa26 in the US (2017)
- Allissanoble; a variant of Alicia or Alyssa10 in the US (2017)
- Alyssahnoble; a form of Alyssa9 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alayssa
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