Kelissa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kelissa by the numbers

Kelissa was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kelissa

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

  • Kalissa20 in the US (2017)
  • Karissagraceful; a form of Carissa136 in the US (2017)
  • Kelseaship victory; a form of Kelsey92 in the US (2017)
  • Kalistamost beautiful; from kallos and superlative suffix50 in the US (2017)
  • Kelis68 in the US (2017)
  • Keisha37 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kelissa

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