Jalessa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Jalessa by the numbers

Its American peak was 150 babies in 1988, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Jalessa

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

  • Janessagod is gracious; feminine form of John300 in the US (2017)
  • Jalissa59 in the US (2017)
  • Jaleesa31 in the US (2017)
  • Jalyssa30 in the US (2017)
  • Julissayouthful; a form of Julia441 in the US (2017)
  • JessaGod beholds; short form of Jessica307 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jalessa

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

Names about as common as Jalessa

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