Talissa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Talissa by the numbers
Talissa was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 1990, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Talissa
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 Talissa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Talisha8 in the US (2017)
- Talisa7 in the US (2017)
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Talithalittle girl; maiden (talitha koum in biblical aramaic)13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Taliyadew of god or god has given dew13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tanishaambition or desire; a form of Tanvi12 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Talissa
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