Belisa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Belisa by the numbers

Belisa was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 1961, making it a 1960s name.

What we can tell you about Belisa

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

  • Belia7 in the US (2017)
  • Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
  • Belindabeautiful serpent or beautiful bright one169 in the US (2017)
  • Brisabreeze157 in the US (2017)
  • Blissperfect joy, happiness13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Blimablossom or flower29 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Belisa

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

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