Alissa - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Alissa \a-lissa, al(is)-sa\ is a variant of Alice (Old German), Alicia (Old German), Alisa (Hebrew), Alyssa (Greek) and Elissa (Greek), and the meaning of Alissa is "noble, exalted; great happiness; rational; from the blessed isles". See also Julissa.

The baby name Alissa sounds like Alessa, Allissa, Alisia, Alissah, Alisse, Ilissa and Ulissa. Other similar baby names are Anissa, Alista, Alisha, Amissa and Arlissa.

Alissa is a very common first name for women (#866 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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