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Alyissa
How to Pronounce Alyissa
Pronounced uh-LISS-uh /əˈlɪs.ə/High
Meaning: Alyissa is a doubled-vowel respelling of Alyssa, a name tied to the alyssum flower, whose Greek root means 'without madness'. Alyssa is also read as a form of Alice, 'noble', and Alyissa simply adds an extra i.Medium
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Alyissa is one of many creative spellings of Alyssa, which blossomed as a girls' name in the nineteen-eighties and nineties. Alyssa draws on the alyssum flower, from Greek elements meaning 'without madness', and is often felt as a cousin of Alice, 'noble', so this spelling inherits both associations.
This exact spelling was always scarce, given to only a few dozen girls a year around its peak in the mid-nineties before dropping off within two decades. A girl named Alyissa then is now a young adult, and the name reads as a nineties respelling rather than a name currently on the rise.
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What does the name Alyissa mean?
Alyissa is a respelling of Alyssa, linked to the alyssum flower and the name Alice, 'noble'.
How do you pronounce Alyissa?
It's said uh-LISS-uh /əˈlɪs.ə/ - three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Alyissa a boy or girl name?
Alyissa is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Alyissa?
Alyissa has always been very rare, a nineties respelling of the popular Alyssa.