Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ilissa isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ilissa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 249
- 0 boys · 249 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 22 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 7 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 293 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.
Ilissa’s family of names
Ilissa may belong to the same name family as Ilisa. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Ilissa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Ilana
“tree”
>99% girls
Alisha
Alisha is a feminine given name from Germanic.
>99% girls
Alissa
“noble” · “kind”
>99% girls
Elissa
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Karissa
“filled with grace and kindess; very dear”
>99% girls
Alyse
“noble” · “kind”
>99% girls
Erika
“ever the ruler”
>99% girls
Alyson
“the son of a noble” · “noble”
>99% girls