Name meaning & stats
Elissa
Elissa (Ancient Greek origin). 17,572 US babies since 1940, peak 1979.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Ancient Greek
In US birth records
Peak year: 1979
17,572 US babies were named Elissa between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Elissa (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 10 Elizas spell it Elissa
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1979)