Annissa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Annissa by the numbers

Annissa was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 61 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Annissa

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 Annissa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Anissagracious; a form of Hannah87 in the US (2017)
  • Annisafriendly, companionable11 in the US (2017)
  • Annessa5 in the US (2017)
  • Annikagrace; a form of Anna404 in the US (2017)
  • Alissanoble; a form of Alice222 in the US (2017)
  • Anisafriendly; companionable32 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Annissa

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

  • Aneesafriendly; companionable; a form of Anisa5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aneesahfriendly, sociable, companionable12 in the US (2017)
  • Anisahfriendly or companionable5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anessa52 in the US (2017)
  • Anyssa17 in the US (2017)
  • Anaisa3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Annissa

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