Calyssa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Calyssa by the numbers
Calyssa was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Calyssa
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 Calyssa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Calissamost beautiful; a form of Calista20 in the US (2017)
- Calystamost beautiful or loveliest14 in the US (2017)
- Calistamost beautiful148 in the US (2017)
- Carissagrace; beloved129 in the US (2017)
- Calypsoshe who conceals or hides25 in the US (2017)
- Claryssabright and clear; spelling variant of Clarissa8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Calyssa
Names that are said the same way as Calyssa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Calyssa
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