Jalisa

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
23
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jalisa by the numbers

Jalisa was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 592 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jalisa

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

  • Janisgod is gracious; a form of Janice20 in the US (2017)
  • Javisjavelin bearer; a form of jarvis14 in the US (2017)
  • Jadis15 in the US (2017)
  • Jasia15 in the US (2017)
  • Jaise13 in the US (2017)
  • Jasiya12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jalisa

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

Names about as common as Jalisa

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