Karyssa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Karyssa by the numbers
Karyssa was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 45 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Karyssa
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 Karyssa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Karissagraceful; a form of Carissa136 in the US (2017)
- Kalyssa19 in the US (2017)
- Klarissabright, clear; variant of Clarissa52 in the US (2017)
- Kalystamost beautiful; a form of Callista14 in the US (2017)
- Krystafollower of christ; variant of Crysta10 in the US (2017)
- Karisagraceful; a form of Carissa7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Karyssa
Names that are said the same way as Karyssa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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