Given name
Delissa
“one who gives pleasure”
Delissa is a variant of Delicia. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives pleasure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Delissa is a variant of Delicia. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives pleasure.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Delissa is a variant of Delicia. An origin associated with Delicia is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delissa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 401
- 0 boys · 401 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 394 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Delissa’s family of names
Delissa has a related form in Delicia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Delissa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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