Alissa
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning noble; a form of Alice.
Alissa by the numbers
In 2025, 22 babies in England and Wales were named Alissa. In the US, 222 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,231 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Alice
Like Alissa, each of these traces back to Alice: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Allienoble; a form of Alice or Alison987 in the US (2017)
- Alicianoble natured; a form of Alice861 in the US (2017)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Alysnoble; a variant of Alice81 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alydefender of mankind; a form of Alice or Alison78 in the US (2017)
- Alisenoble; a modern respelling of Alice66 in the US (2017)
- Alycenoble; a form of Alice55 in the US (2017)
- Alyzanoble; a respelling of Alyssa or Alice24 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alissa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alyssanoble or high-born2,227 in the US (2017)
- Alishanoble, exalted; a form of Alicia113 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisanoble kind; variant of Alice48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alessadefender of mankind; a form of Alessia143 in the US (2017)
- Anissagracious; a form of Hannah87 in the US (2017)
- Arissabest; a form of Arista18 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Alissa
Names that are said the same way as Alissa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- 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)
- Allysanoble; a form of Alyssa7 in the US (2017)
- Aleyssa16 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Alissa, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Alissa
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