Kalyssa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kalyssa by the numbers

Kalyssa was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 55 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kalyssa

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

  • Kalystamost beautiful; a form of Callista14 in the US (2017)
  • Kalissa20 in the US (2017)
  • Karyssa5 in the US (2017)
  • Karissagraceful; a form of Carissa136 in the US (2017)
  • Kalistamost beautiful; from kallos and superlative suffix50 in the US (2017)
  • Kalaysia15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kalyssa

Names that are said the same way as Kalyssa, 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)
  • Kalisa6 in the US (2017)
  • Calyssa5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kalyssa

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