Nissa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.
Nissa by the numbers
Nissa was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 68 babies in 1974, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Nissa
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 Nissa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nessaa form of Vanessa or Agnes; not pure17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nyssaa water nymph; from the island of nysa36 in the US (2017)
- Nissimy standard, my banner6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nisawoman; a proper name used in Islamic tradition10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nishanight13 in the US (2017)
- Nissanmiracle; banner; standard8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Nissa
Names that are said the same way as Nissa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Nysa19 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nissa
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