Jelissa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jelissa by the numbers

Jelissa was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 64 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jelissa

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

  • Julissayouthful; a form of Julia441 in the US (2017)
  • Jalissa59 in the US (2017)
  • Jolissa6 in the US (2017)
  • Jelisa
  • JessaGod beholds; short form of Jessica307 in the US (2017)
  • Jenessagod is gracious; modern elaboration of Jennifer46 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jelissa

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