Given name
Trisa
“of noble descent”
Trisa is a variant of Trisha. In Latin use, Trisha carries the interpretation “of noble descent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Trisa is a variant of Trisha. In Latin use, Trisha carries the interpretation “of noble descent.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Trisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 475
- 0 boys · 475 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 39 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 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 39 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 568 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Trisa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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