Naissa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two 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

Naissa by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Naissa

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

  • Naisha46 in the US (2017)
  • Nissa14 in the US (2017)
  • Narissa6 in the US (2017)
  • Naimacomfort; ease; contentment168 in the US (2017)
  • Nailasuccessful or achiever56 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nessaa form of Vanessa or Agnes; not pure17 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Naissa

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

  • Naysa11 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Naissa

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