Alyssah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LISS-a
- Origin
- Germanic
Alyssah is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Alyssah mean?
Germanic: spelling of Alyssa, 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 Alyssa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Alyssah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alyssah is a girls' name.
How popular is Alyssah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Alyssah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alyssah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
Names like Alyssah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Hadassah, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Aliya, Taliyah, Amira, Aziyah, Zariah, Azariah, Alaya
Names related to Alyssah
Alyssa, Alissa, Alessa, Alyse, Alaysha, Alysha, Alyssia, Alysia
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, “Alyssah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alyssah, updated 20 October 2026.