Given name
Talisa
“consecrated to God”
Talisa is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “consecrated to God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “consecrated to God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Talisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,084
- 0 boys · 2,084 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 168 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −69%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 168 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,742 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.
Talisa’s family of names
Talisa has a related form in Talissa. Talisa has a related form in Talise. Talisa has a related form in Tallis.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Talisevariant
- Talisiavariant
- Talissavariant
- Taleesavariant
- Talysavariant
- Tallisvariant
- Tallisalikely variant
- Taleasavariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Talisa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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