Lyssa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Lyssa by the numbers
Lyssa was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 80 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Lyssa
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 Lyssa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lissabee; a form of Melissa14 in the US (2017)
- Lydiafrom Lydia, region in Asia Minor3,318 in the US (2017)
- Luisafamous warrior; a feminine form of Louis227 in the US (2017)
- Lyndapretty, beautiful; a form of Linda32 in the US (2017)
- Lyviafrom Livius; a form of Livia24 in the US (2017)
- Lasyagracefulness and elegance in dance11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Lyssa
Names that are said the same way as Lyssa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- LisaGod is my oath; short form of Elisabeth57 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Lyssa
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