Alissa

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Alisa in PL Poland, SE Sweden, DE Germany and 4 more, Alyssa in US United States, AU Australia, CA Canada and 3 more, Алиса in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 2 more and Arissa in BR Brazil, MY Malaysia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alissa is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name42K records spelled Alissa10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Peru, Philippines

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Al-Issa, Álissa, Alissá, Àlissa, Alíssa

• French given name15K records spelled Alissa2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Canada

  Also written Al-Issa

• German given name15K records spelled Alissa7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria, Syria

  Languages: German, Arabic, English

  Also written Al-Issa, A'Lissa

• a separate given name8.1K records spelled Alissa3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Al-Issa, Álissa

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Alissa is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Russian, probablement de alle, autre, deuxième, suivante. C'est un prénom courant. Fête : 26 mars (8 avril). 16

  as a name·Russian Names

• In German, weibl. Vom., niederländische, eng­ lische [a'lisa] oder russische Nebenform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Variant of pAlicia.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• English: variant of ALICIA .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 77 years between 1948–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ayn Randb. 1905USnot in their usual nameRussian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
• Alisa Freindlichb. 1934RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian actress
• Alisa Lepselterb. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican film editor
• Alisä Ğällämeväb. 1972RUnot in their usual nameRussian chess player
• Alisa Grebenshchikovab. 1978RUnot in their usual nameRussian actress (born 1978)
• Alissa White-Gluzb. 1985CACanadian singer
• Anissa Kateb. 1987FRnot in their usual nameFrench pornographic actress and director
• Alissa Czisnyb. 1987USAmerican figure skater
• Alisa Durbrowb. 1988JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress and singer
• Alisa Kleybanovab. 1989RUnot in their usual nameRussian tennis player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 585 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alissa?

We estimate roughly 1.2 million people bear Alissa (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Alissa have the most bearers?

Alissa is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled алиса.

Where is Alissa most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Alissa is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 231 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Alissa compared with other names?

In Russia, Alissa is the 108th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Alissa a male or female name?

Alissa is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Alissa mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from the Germanic languages.