Maryssa

Where Maryssa comes from

The dictionaries list Maryssa as a given name — a female given name from Spanish, variant of Marissa — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Spanish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #8,444 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Peak, #1,576
    96 babies named Maryssa — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,779.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish, variant of Marissa.
Namesakes

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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.