Dalissa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Dalissa by the numbers
Dalissa was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Dalissa
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 Dalissa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Darissa5 in the US (2017)
- Daliabranch; a form of Dahlia54 in England and Wales (2025)
- Daliladelicate; gentle; variant of delilah88 in the US (2017)
- Dalidabeloved or gentle; form of Daliah21 in the US (2017)
- Danishagod is my judge; a feminine form of Daniel13 in the US (2017)
- Daliyabranch or flowing water; a form of Dalia4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Dalissa
Names that are said the same way as Dalissa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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