Alesa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Alesa by the numbers
Alesa was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 38 babies in 1963, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Alesa
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 Alesa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alexadefender of men; form of Alexandra3,888 in the US (2017)
- Alenabright, shining; form of Helen462 in the US (2017)
- Alisanoble kind; variant of Alice48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alessadefender of mankind; a form of Alessia143 in the US (2017)
- Aleadice or game of chance18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alesiadefender; a form of Alexia8 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Alesa
Names that are said the same way as Alesa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Alyssanoble or high-born2,227 in the US (2017)
- Alissanoble; a form of Alice222 in the US (2017)
- Allyssavariant of Alyssa, noble or high-born32 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 Alesa
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