Forename Elissa

Worldwide, Elissa (Elissa , אליסה , Элисса ) is a common female first name. The given name Elissa is characteristic of Lebanon, where it is quite a common female name, Australia, where it is quite a rare girly name, and the United States. Very seldom, Elissa is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Elissa

name אליסה, name 伊丽萨, name Elîsa, name Елісса, name الیسا, name إليسا, name Èlissa, name اليسا, name Elissa, name 艾莉莎, name Elissà, name Élissa, name Елисса, name Элисса, name Elyssa, name Elíssa, name Elıssa

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Elissa	Australia, United States, Indonesia, Lebanon, Algeria
אליסה	Israel
Элисса	Kazakhstan, Russia
艾莉莎	China

First names said to be same

Elissà, Elyssa, Elíssa, Elîsa, Elıssa, Èlissa, Élissa, Елисса, Елісса, إليسا, اليسا, الیسا, and 伊丽萨

First name Elissa in the context

Elissa is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Elissa , the one of the ten fictional narrators in Boccaccio's Decameron, The Decameron; Alisa Selezneva , the fictional character created by Kir Bulychev, The Mystery of the Third Planet; Elissa , the operatic character in the opera The Visitors by Carlos Chávez; also Venus Procuress, and Lilith; Alyssa Funke , the fictional character cut from the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV and Alisa Bosconovitch , the character in Tekken, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	elissa rhaïs French salon-holder, FR (b. 1876)
	elissa mäkiniemi Finnish architect (1922–1994) married to Alvar Aalto, FI (b. 1922)
	elissa ambrose Canadian writer, CA (b. 1901)
	elissa lansdell Canadian television host (b. 1901)
	elissa silverman Washington, D.C. politician, US (b. 1973)
	elissa steamer American skateboarder, US (b. 1975)
	elissa down Australian film director, AU (b. 1975)
	elissa slotkin American politician, US (b. 1976)
	elissa anne elgar (born 1929) (b. 1929)
	elissa washuta American Indian author, US
	elissa shevinsky American technology executive, US
	elissa hallem American neurobiologist, US
	elissa benedek American psychiatrist, US (b. 1936)
	elissa sursara Australian actress, AU (b. 1988)
	elissa wright American politician, US (b. 1946)