Given name
Helissa
“my God is bountiful”
Helissa is a variant of Helsa. In Danish use, Helsa carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Helissa is a variant of Helsa. In Danish use, Helsa carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Helissa connects to the Elizabeth name family through Helsa. Elizabeth is the usual English spelling of Elisabeth. The related biblical forms connect it with the Hebrew name Elisheba, borne by Aaron’s wife.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Helissa connects to the Elizabeth name family through Helsa. The shared background comes through Elizabeth: English generally uses Elizabeth with a z, where many European languages retain Elisabeth with an s. Elisabeth is connected with Elisheba; its final element may have been reshaped through association with Hebrew shabbath, “sabbath.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Helissa connects to the Elizabeth name family through Helsa. The history of Elizabeth gives this family its wider story. The New Testament Elisabeth is the mother of John the Baptist. English royal associations include Elizabeth I and, in the twentieth century, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and her daughter Elizabeth II. Elizabeth’s familiar forms developed along several paths, including Eliza, Beth, Bess, Betty, Libby and Lizzie.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Helissa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 5 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 5 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Helissa’s family of names
Helissa has a related form in Helsa.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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