Kalissa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kalissa by the numbers

Kalissa was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 79 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kalissa

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

  • Karissagraceful; a form of Carissa136 in the US (2017)
  • Kalistamost beautiful; from kallos and superlative suffix50 in the US (2017)
  • Kalyssa19 in the US (2017)
  • Kalisa6 in the US (2017)
  • Kelissa5 in the US (2017)
  • Kalinarowan tree; mountain ash147 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kalissa

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

  • Calissamost beautiful; a form of Calista20 in the US (2017)
  • Khalisapure, clean; feminine form of khalis7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Khalisahpure or sincere3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Calyssa5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kalissa

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