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Elissa
Pronounced /əˈlɪs.ə/
Rank in 2024
#1,531
Born in 2024
140
Peak year
1979 · #496
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 140 girls were named Elissa, about 1 in every 11,523.
- It peaked in 1979 with 408 babies, ranked #496.
- It first shows up in the records in 1914.
- 17,924 girls have been named Elissa since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Elissa per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 78 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 670 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,303 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,543 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,869 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,310 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,151 babies, 0.11 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔλῐσσᾰ (Élĭssă); probably from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎𐤕 (ʾlʾst /Elishat/), 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎 (ʾlʾs /Elisha/).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /əˈlɪs.ə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Elissa, CC BY-SA 4.0.