Given name
Shalyssa
“place name from the Bible”
Shalyssa is a variant of Shalishah. One Hebrew interpretation is “place name from the Bible.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shalyssa is a variant of Shalishah. One Hebrew interpretation is “place name from the Bible.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shalyssa is a variant of Shalishah. An origin associated with Shalishah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shalyssa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 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 1990. 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.
Shalyssa’s family of names
Shalyssa has a related form in Shalishah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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