| Name info: About the name Elissa in particular | |
| Group info: About Elizabeth, the group of names with the same origin as Elissa | | Meaning/translation: | My God is abundance; My God has sworn |
| Language of origin: | Hebrew |
| Info about origin: | meaning not known for sure |
| | 2 interpretations are common, with the second name element either derived from sheba (seven) or from shaba (oath): |
| | My God is seven with the number seven as symbol for abundance, thus My God is abundance |
| | or My God has sworn |
| | in the Bible Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist |
| Words: | el = God, the powerful Hebrew |
| | sheba = seven Hebrew |
| | shaba = the oath Hebrew |
| Topics: | Old Testament |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Lisa Germany/West 1991, 1:Elsa Sweden 2015, 1:Eliska Czechia 2022, 2:Elisabeth Austria 2015, 2:Elizabeth Paraguay 2014, 2:Lilly Sweden 2016, 2:Eliise Estonia 2015, 2:Erzsébet Hungary 2014, 3:Elise Belgium 2014, 4:Lili Hungary 2014 |
| Somehow related to: | Isabella, Isaline, Lilian |
| Old/original forms: | Elisheba Hebrew |
| Name variants: | Alzbeta, Bessie, Bessy, Beth, Bethan, Bethli, Bethzy, Betina, Betje, Betsy, Betta, Bettina, Betty, Eliise, Elis, Elisa, Elísa, Elisabet, Elísabet, Elisabeth, Elísabeth, Elisabetha, Elisabetta, Elisabettina, Elisaveta, Elischeba, Elise, Élise, Eliska, Elissa, Eliza, Elizabet, Elizabeta, Elizabete, Elizabeth, Elizaveta, Els, Elsa, Elsbeth, Else, Elsi, Elsie, Elyssa, Elza, Elzbieta, Erzsébet, Ilse, Libby, Liesa, Liesbeth, Lieschen, Liese, Liesel, Liezel, Liisa, Lili, Lilli, Lilly, Lis, Lisa, Lisbeth, Lise, Lisette, Liska, Lison, Lissette, Lissy, Liz, Liza, Lizbeth, Lize, Lizeth, Lizette, Lizi, Lizzie, Lizzy, Lysa, Sabeth, Sissi, Sissy, Spela, Yelizaveta Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Elissa | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| USA decades | | 1990-1999 753 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2012 887, 2005 911, 2004 879, 2003 851, 2002 786, 2001 783, 2000 792, 1999 736, 1998 714, 1997 717, 1996 779, 1995 714, 1994 813, 1993 760 |
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