Alisah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LISS-a
- Origin
- Germanic
Alisah is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Alisah mean?
Germanic: spelling of Alissa, itself a form of Alicia, influenced by the flower alyssum
“noble kind”
A form of Alice or Alicia; the alyssum flower's name is from Greek, once thought to mean a cure for madness.
Meaning borrowed from Alissa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Alisah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alisah is a girls' name.
How popular is Alisah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Alisah in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alisah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Alisah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Hadassah, Aziyah, Farah, Zaniyah, Aliya, Naziyah, Kaliyah, Alaysha, Taliyah, Aziah, Samiyah
Names related to Alisah
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alisah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alisah, updated 20 October 2026.