Talisa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Talisa by the numbers

Talisa was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 168 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Talisa

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

  • Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Taliyadew of god or god has given dew13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Talitayoung girl; maiden6 in the US (2017)
  • Talise12 in the US (2017)
  • Talina11 in the US (2017)
  • Talisha8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Talisa

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

Names about as common as Talisa

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