Aryssa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Aryssa by the numbers

Aryssa was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 58 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Aryssa

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

  • Alyssanoble or high-born2,227 in the US (2017)
  • Arissabest; a form of Arista18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anyssa17 in the US (2017)
  • Aryss6 in the US (2017)
  • Alissanoble; a form of Alice222 in the US (2017)
  • Aryananoble or honorable; a form of Ariana206 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aryssa

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

  • Arisabecoming silk12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Areesa5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Aryssa

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