Given name & surname
Sissi
“God is my oath”
In German use, Sissi is a diminutive of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Sissi is a diminutive of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Sissi is a diminutive of Elisabeth.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sissi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 74
- 0 boys · 74 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 16 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 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 316 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.
Sissi’s family of names
In German usage, Sissi is a diminutive of Elisabeth. In German usage, Sissi has a related form in Sisi. In Greek usage, Sissi is a transliteration of Σίσση.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.