Name meaning & stats
Elyssa
Elyssa means “my God is an oath” (Hebrew origin). 7,272 US babies since 1940, peak 2004.
What it means
“my God is an oath”
HebrewSpelling of Eliza
In US birth records
Peak year: 2004
7,272 US babies were named Elyssa between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Elyssa (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 24 Elizas spell it Elyssa
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2004)