Elissa

Variation of Alice or Elizabeth
"noble"

Elissa Origin and Meaning

The name Elissa is a girl's name of Hebrew, German origin.

The Elissa version of a long-popular name is fading in favor of Alyssa, Eliza and other variants. The legion of other forms and spellings includes Alissa, Allissa, Allyssa, Alyssa, Elissah, Ellisa, Ellissa, Ellyssa, Elys, Elyssa, Elyssia, Ilissa, Ilysa, Ilyssa, Lissa, Lissie, Lissy Lyssa.

# 888 in the US

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Elissa Popularity

Famous People Named Elissa

  • Elissa Wall
    American memoirist and ex,fundamentalist Mormon
  • Elissa Landi
    Italian,American actress
  • Elissa
    Lebanese singer
  • Elissa Down
    Australian film director
  • Elissa “Ellie” Downie
    gymnast for England and Great Britain

Elissa in Pop Culture

  • Elissa
    another name for the queen Dido, legendary founder and queen of Carthage
  • Elissa
    one of the seven young women at the heart of Boccaccio's "The Decameron" , alongside Pampinea, Fiammetta, Filomena, Emilia, Lauretta, and Neifile (Nephele)
  • Elissa Cassidy
    character in movie "House at the End of the Street"
  • Elissa Megan Powers
    main character in manga "Empowered"
  • Elissa Stephenson
    character in the 'Unladylike adventure of Kat Stephenson' by Stephanie Burgis