Elyssa

Where Elyssa comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Elyssa.

  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Elyssa through the years
  1. 1954
    First appearance
    #5,148 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Elyssa Davalos born
    American actress
  3. 1998
    Peak, #800
    265 babies named Elyssa, its best rank.
  4. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,919.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Elyssa Davalos · American actress, born 1959

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.