What is the meaning of the name Alyssa?

The meaning of the name Alyssa is "rational". The origin of the name is "Greek". The name Alyssa is mostly used as a girls name.

Right pronunciation of Alyssa

\a-lyssa, al(ys)-sa\

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Alyssa is a very popular first name for girls (#448) but a really uncommon last name. Users of our site ranked the name with a 3.0 (1 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this girls name above or write a comment on the name Alyssa.

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The year 1999 was for Alyssa a very good year. In that year there were 16123 births with the name Alyssa. Find out if Alyssa is in the top 100 girls names 1999 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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