Ellisa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Ellisa by the numbers
Ellisa was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 29 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Ellisa
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 Ellisa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ellisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias582 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elisagod is my oath; form of elizabeth113 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elliagod is my salvation; a form of Elias122 in the US (2017)
- Eloisafamous in battle; feminine form of Eloise18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellinabright, shining; a form of Helen16 in the US (2017)
- Ellise19 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ellisa
Names that are said the same way as Ellisa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Ellisa
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