Alyssa is a feminine

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with multiple origins. Alysa is an alternative spelling. As used in Western countries, the name is usually derived from the name of the flower

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. The name of the flower derives from the Greek ἀ- ''a-'' ("not") and λύσσα ''lyssa'' ("mania"); the flower was formerly thought to cure skin diseases. It shares many variants in common with the name

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and is occasionally considered a form of that name as well. Other equivalents of Alice include

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and Alissa. Elissa (

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, used in Middle Eastern countries. The name has been popular in the United States, where it ranked among the top 20 names between 2000 and 2009. The name's popularity declined steadily throughout the next decade, and by 2020 its rank had fallen to 199.

Notables with the name Alyssa

Alyssa A. Goodman Alyssa Ann Goodman (born July 1, 1962) is the Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Applied Astronomy at Harvard University, co-Director for Science at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution, a ...

(born 1962), American astronomer, scientist, and college professor *

Alyssa Adams Alyssa Adams () is the co-founder of the Eddie Adams Workshop, author, editor and a photo editor of ''TV Guide.'' Career Alyssa Adams is the co-founder and executive director of the Eddie Adams Workshop. She and her husband, photographer Eddie A ...

, American editor and graphic designer * Alyssa Alano (born 1987), Philippine-Australian film and television actress and host *

Alyssa Anderson Alyssa Jean Anderson (born September 30, 1990) is an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who represented the United States as the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal Anderson was born in Santa Clara, California but grew up in Gr ...

(born 1990), American competition swimmer *

Alyssa Ashley Nichols Indigo (born Alyssa Ashley Nichols, June 25, 1984, Los Angeles) is an American actress and DJ. She is best known for her roles as Rona, one of the vampire slayer potentials, in the final season of the TV series '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', an ...

(born 1984), birth name of American actress Indigo *

Alyssa Ayres Alyssa Ayres is the Dean of The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, the first woman to hold the post. She was also a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations for India, Pakistan, and Southeast Asia fr ...

, American college dean *

Alyssa Baldin Alyssa Baldin (born February 15, 1990) is an elite women's ice hockey player who has also competed for the Canada women's national inline hockey team. With regards to Baldin's women's ice hockey career, she has competed at the university level in ...

(born 1990), Canadian elite ice hockey player * Alyssa Bannan (born 2002), Australian rules footballer *

Alyssa Barlow BarlowGirl was an American Christian rock and CCM all-female band from Elgin, Illinois. The band was composed of sisters Alyssa (lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Lauren (co-lead vocals, drums) and Rebecca (guitar, backing vocals) Barlow. ...

, former member of American Christian rock and CCM band BarlowGirl *

Alyssa Baumann Alyssa Lyn Baumann (born May 17, 1998) is a retired American artistic gymnast, and has competed for the United States at international events as well as for University of Florida team. Baumann is the 2014 and 2015 United States silver medalist on ...

(born 1998), American gymnast *

Alyssa Beckerman Alyssa Erin Beckerman (born January 23, 1981) is an American former gymnast and balance beam national champion. She was a member of the United States national team from 1997 to 2000, and competed on the University of California, Los Angeles inter ...

(born 1981), American former gymnast * Alyssa Boey (born 1996), Malaysian tennis player * Alyssa Bonagura (born 1988), American singer-songwriter * Alyssa Brown (born 1989), Canadian artistic gymnast * Alyssa Brugman (born 1974), Australian writer and novelist * Alyssa Budhoo (born 1991), Canadian-Guyanese former footballer * Alyssa Bull (born 1995), Australian canoeist * Alyssa Bustamante, American murderer * Alyssa Campanella (born 1990), American beauty queen * Alyssa Carson (born 2001), American space enthusiast * Alyssa Cecere (born 1987), Canadian professional ice hockey player *

Alyssa Chia Alyssa Chia Ching-wen (; born 7 October 1974) is a Taiwanese actress and television host. She is known for her roles in television series such as the period dramas ''The Prince of Han Dynasty'', ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber'' and '' Lady W ...

(born 1974), Taiwanese actress and television host *

Alyssa Cole Alyssa Cole (born August 12, 1982) is an American author of Historical romance, historical, science fiction, and contemporary romance novels. Her stories include diverse casts of characters with a variety of professions, from Civil War spies to m ...

(born 1982), American author * Alyssa Conley (born 1991), South African athlete * Alissa Crans, American mathematician *

Alyssa Cruz Aguero Alyssa Cruz Aguero (born April 16, 1988) is a Guamanian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Guam 2012 and represented her country in the 2012 Miss Universe pageant. Career Miss Guam 2012 On August 31, 2012, Cruz Aguero won the 201 ...

, Guamanian beauty pageant contestant *

Alyssa Diaz Alyssa Elaine Diaz (born September 7, 1985) is an American actress. She is known for her roles on television, such as Celia Ortega on the CBS daytime soap opera ''As the World Turns'', Jasmine on the ABC Family series ''The Nine Lives of Chloe K ...

(born 1985), American actress *

Alyssa Edwards Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson (born January 16, 1980), best known by the stage name Alyssa Edwards, is an American drag performer, choreographer, and businessperson. Edwards was known for competing in drag pageantry (notably Miss Gay America 2010) b ...

(born 1980), American drag queen *

Alyssa Farah Alyssa Farah Griffin (born June 15, 1989) is an American political strategist and television personality. She was the White House Director of Strategic Communications and Assistant to the President in 2020 during the presidency of Donald Trump. ...

(born 1989), American political advisor *

Alyssa Fleming Alyssa Fleming (born March 8, 1994) is an American women's lacrosse player. Having played with the Stony Brook Seawolves at the collegiate level, she was signed to the Baltimore Ride of the United Women's Lacrosse League. Sporting career High ...

(born 1994), American lacrosse player *

Alyssa Gagliardi Alyssa Marie Gagliardi (born April 2, 1992) is an American ice hockey defender currently with the PWHPA. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Gagliardi is one of the first women from Raleigh to become a profess ...

(born 1992), American ice hockey player *

Alyssa George Alyssa Anne George (born 1985) is a pageant competitor from Minneapolis, Kansas who competed in the Miss America pageant in 2008. George won the Miss Kansas 2007 title in a state pageant held in Pratt on June 10, 2007. She competed as Miss Sedg ...

(born 1985), American beauty pageant competitor * Alyssa Gialamas (born 1995), American Paralympic swimmer * Alyssa Giannetti (born 1994), American professional footballer *

Alyssa Graham Alyssa Graham (born Alyssa Hope Altschul) is an American singer-songwriter. In 2005, she launched her solo music career with the release of the album, ''What Love Is'', which was heralded by ''All About Jazz'' as one of the Best New Recordings of ...

, American singer-songwriter *

Alyssa Hayden Alyssa Kathleen Hayden (; born 7 June 1970) is an Australian politician. Born in Perth, Hayden was a proprietor of a small business and a Australian Senate, Senate staff member before entering politics. In 2008, she was elected to the Western ...

(born 1970), Australian politician *

Alyssa Healy Alyssa Jean Healy (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian women's national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket, as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. She made her international debut in Februa ...

(born 1990), Australian women’s cricketer * Alyssa Howard, pseudonym of American writing partners Eileen Buckholtz, Ruth Glick, Carolyn Males, and Louise Titchener *

Alyssa Jacey Alyssa Jacey (La Jolla, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and dancer/choreographer. As an indie artist, Jacey self-publishes her work. Biography Alyssa Jacey was born in La Jolla, a seaside neighborhood within the city of San Diego. S ...

(born 1981), American singer-songwriter and former dancer * Alyssa Kleiner (born 1993), American soccer player * Alyssa Lagonia (born 1989), Canadian professional soccer player * Alyssa Lampe (born 1988), American freestyle wrestler * Alyssa LaRoche (born 1979), American entrepreneur, machinimaker, fashion designer, journalist, scenographer, and author *

Alyssa Leonard Alyssa Leonard is an American women’s lacrosse player. Having played with the Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse at the collegiate level, she was named to the US national team for the 2015-16 season. In 2016, she was selected by the Long Is ...

, American lacrosse player * Alyssa Lim (born 1991), English badminton player *

Alyssa Manley Alyssa Manley (born May 27, 1994) is an American field hockey player. She was named to the United States woman's field hockey team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.Won a Galway ladies football junior medal with Salthill/Knocknacarr ...

(born 1994), American field hockey player *

Alyssa Mastromonaco Alyssa Mende Mastromonaco (born February 22, 1976) is an American author, podcaster, spokeswoman, and former government official. She served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for operations in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2 ...

(born 1976), American spokeswoman and former government official *

Alyssa Mautz Alyssa Lee Mautz (born July 29, 1989) is an American former professional soccer forward and midfielder. She played from 2013 to 2022 for the Chicago Red Stars of the NWSL, and played on loan to Australian club Perth Glory for the 2018–19 W-Leag ...

(born 1989), American professional soccer player *

Alyssa Mayo Alyssa Mayo (born 10 February 2000) is an American tennis player. Mayo made her WTA main draw debut at the 2017 Copa Colsanitas in the singles draw facing Sachia Vickery Sachia Vickery (born May 11, 1995) is an American professional tennis p ...

(born 2000), American tennis player *

Alyssa McClelland Alyssa McClelland (born 1981) is an Australian director, writer and actress. Early life and education McClelland was educated at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in Sydney and was Dux in her final year. She attended the University of ...

(born 1981), Australian director, writer, and actress *

Alyssa Mendonsa Alyssa Mendonsa (born c. 1990 in Delhi) is an Indian playback singer who made her debut in the film ''Karthik Calling Karthik'' with the song "Uff Teri Adaa". Early life Alyssa Mendonsa is the daughter of composer Loy Mendonsa of the Shankar–E ...

(born 1990/1991), Indian playback singer *

Alyssa Micaela Alyssa Micaela is an American country music singer and songwriter from Odessa, Texas. Her debut studio EP, ''Cowboys Like That'', was released on March 10, 2017. Early life Alyssa Micaela was born on May 28, 1992, in the oil town of Odessa, Te ...

(born 1992), American country singer-songwriter *

Alyssa Mifsud Alyssa Mifsud (born 22 December 1994) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She was drafted by Melbourne with their fifth selection and fortieth overall in the 2016 AFL Wo ...

(born 1994), Australian rules footballer * Alyssa Milano (born 1972), American actress, producer, singer, author, and activist *

Alyssa Miller Alyssa Elaine Miller (born July 4, 1989) is an American model. She has done print and runway work for numerous leading companies. Among her highlights are cover appearances for ''Vogue'' (Germany) and '' Elle'' (Italy), work as a featured model ...

(born 1989), American model *

Alyssa Monks Alyssa Monks (born 1977) is an American painter currently based in Brooklyn. She specializes in large oil paintings and is recognized both in the United States and Europe for her work featuring figures obscured by water, steam, and vinyl. Her nota ...

(born 1977), American painter *

Alyssa Murray Alyssa Murray (born March 17, 1992) is a professional American lacrosse player playing for the Philadelphia Force (UWLX). She played college lacrosse for the Syracuse Orange women's lacrosse. Career Murray had a stand out high school career at ...

(born 1992), American professional lacrosse player * Alyssa Naeher (born 1988), American soccer player *

Alyssa Nakken Alyssa Michelle Nakken (born June 13, 1990) is an American professional baseball coach (baseball), coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). She is the first full-time female coach in MLB history, and the first to coach o ...

(born 1990), American professional baseball coach * Alyssa Nicole Pallett (born 1985), Canadian model, actress, and businesswoman *

Alyssa Oviedo Alyssa Jazmine Oviedo Reyes (born 18 August 2000) is an American-born Dominican footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Vermont Catamounts and the Dominican Republic national team. Raised in Clifton, New Jersey, Ovideo played prep soccer ...

(born 2000), American-born Dominican footballer * Alyssa Parker (born 1994), American field hockey player * Alyssa Peterson (1976-2003), American Army soldier *

Alyssa Ramsey Alyssa Marie Ramsey (born September 21, 1982) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward, making eight appearances for the United States women's national team. Career Ramsey played for the North Mecklenburg Vikings in high sch ...

(born 1982), American former soccer player *

Alyssa Reid Alyssa Ashley Reid (born March 15, 1993) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her career began in 2008 on ''The Next Star''. She rose to fame in 2011, following the release of her single " Alone Again". From 2018-2020, she released music under the ...

(born 1993), Canadian singer-songwriter * Alyssa Rosenzweig, Canadian software engineer * Alyssa Rubino, Canadian singer *

Alyssa Saufika Blink or Blink Indonesia is a musical group from Jakarta, Indonesia. Blink formed in Jakarta on 23 July 2011. They later appeared in the musical television series called '' Putih Abu-Abu'' in 2012. They started their career by carrying Pop and ...

, member of musical group Blink Indonesia *

Alyssa Soebandono Anindya Alyssa Soebandono, better known as Alyssa Soebandono or Icha (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on 25 December 1991) is an Indonesian actress, Television presenter, presenter and singer of Javanese people, Javanese descent. Career Soebandono h ...

(born 1991), Indonesian actress, presenter, and singer * Alyssa Spellman, American beauty pageant contestant * Alyssa Stephens (born 1998), birth name of American rapper Latto * Alyssa Stringfellow (born 1985), New Zealand actress, model, and musician *

Alyssa Sutherland Alyssa Sutherland (born 23 September 1982) is an Australian actress and model best known for her role as Queen Aslaug in the History Channel television series ''Vikings'' (2013–2016). Early life Sutherland was born in Brisbane. Sutherland at ...

(born 1982), Australian actress * Alyssa Thomas (born 1992), American professional basketball player *

Alyssa Tirtosentono Alyssa Tirtosentono (born 29 May 2000) is a Dutch badminton player. She won a silver medal at the 2018 European Junior Championships. Career Tirtosentono came from a badminton family, who have a Surinamese Javanese background. She started t ...

(born 2000), Dutch badminton player *

Alyssa Underwood Alyssa Underwood is a former Australian cricketer. A wicket-keeper, she played one List A cricket, List A match for Victoria women's cricket team, Victoria during the 1999–2000 Women's National Cricket League season, 1999–2000 season of the ...

, Australian former cricketer *

Alyssa Valdez Alyssa Caymo Valdez (; born June 29, 1993) is a Filipino volleyball player who currently plays for the Creamline Cool Smashers. She was a member of the collegiate varsity women's volleyball team of Ateneo de Manila University in both indoor and ...

(born 1993), Filipino volleyball player * Alyssa Wohlfeiler (born 1989), American ice hockey player *

Alyssa Wong Alyssa Wong is an American writer of speculative fiction, comics, poetry, and games. Wong is a recipient of the Nebula Award, World Fantasy Award, and Locus Award. Wong studied fiction at North Carolina State University, graduating in 2017 ...

, American writer

Notables with the name Alysa

Alysa Stanton Alysa Stanton (born August 2, 1963) is an American Reform rabbi, and the first African American female rabbi. Ordained on June 6, 2009, in August 2009 she began work as a rabbi at Congregation Bayt Shalom, a small majority-white synagogue in Gre ...

(born circa 1964), African-American rabbi *

Alysa Liu Alysa Liu (born August 8, 2005) is a retired American competitive figure skater. Liu is the youngest-ever U.S. women's national champion, having won her first title at age 13. She is also the youngest to win two senior national titles at age 14 ...

(born 2005), American figure skater *

Alysa King Alysa King is a Canadian actress best known for her role in ''Berkshire County''. Career King was a child model and actress, she did national commercials for companies such as K-mart and Chrysler. Her parents withdrew her from professional acti ...

, Canadian actress *

Alysa Nahmias Alysa Nahmias is an American filmmaker and the founder of Ajna Films. Life Nahmias is originally from Tucson, Arizona. She holds degrees from The Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and Princeton University. She is ma ...

, American director, producer, and writer

Characters

Alyssa Moy Alyssa Moy is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A former lover and colleague of Reed Richards, Alyssa works as a scientist and has a genius-level intellect nearly equal to that of Reed. In some s ...

, from “Fantastic Four” comics

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