Elissia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 10 babies a year in England and Wales.
Elissia by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Elissia. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Elissia
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 Elissia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Elissanoble; a form of Elise or Elizabeth164 in the US (2017)
- Elisiablissful; a form of Alicia44 in the US (2017)
- Elyssiablissful or of elysium; related to Alyssa5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elessia5 in the US (2017)
- Elisagod is my oath; form of elizabeth113 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elishagod is my salvation417 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Elissia
Names that are said the same way as Elissia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Elissia
Nobody has voted for Elissia yet
Vote for Elissia and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Elissia