Given name

Marlyssa

Marlyssa is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Marlyssa 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 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Marlyssa through the years

Babies since 1880
16
0 boys · 16 girls
Most popular year
2011
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Marlyssa in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1995–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2011. 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.

Marlyssa’s family of names

Marlyssa has a related form in Marlis.

Walk Marlyssa’s family in the name graph

MarlyssaMarlis

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Marlyssa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Marriyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Makaelah

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>99% girls

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Mahkyla

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Mashyia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Makeyla

15Very rareEasing

>99% girls

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Marabel

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Dalissa

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

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Aminna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Marlyssa’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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