Elissa is a feminine given name. It is derived from the

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

name

Elisheba Elisheba (; ) was the wife of the Israelite prophet Aaron, who was the elder brother of Moses and the first High Priest of Israel, according to the Hebrew Bible. She was said to be a daughter of Amminadab from the Tribe of Judah, and a sister of ...

, which also is the root of

Elizabeth Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...

Closely related names include

Alyssa Alyssa is a feminine given name with multiple origins. Alysa is an alternative spelling. As used in Western countries, the name is usually derived from the name of the flower alyssum. The name of the flower derives from the Ancient Greek, Gree ...

Elisa The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (, ) is a commonly used analytical biochemistry assay, first described by Eva Engvall and Peter Perlmann in 1971. The assay uses a solid-phase type of enzyme immunoassay (EIA) to detect the presen ...

, and

Eliza ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program created from 1964 to 1966 at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory by Joseph Weizenbaum. Created to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between humans and machines, ...

. Other spellings include Ellissa and Elyssa.

People

Dido Dido ( ; , ), also known as Elissa ( , ), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in modern Tunisia), in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (t ...

, first Queen of Carthage, in some sources is referred to as Elissa *

Elissa (singer) Elissar Zakaria Khoury ( ar, إليسار زكريا خوري; born 27 October 1972), commonly known as Elissa ( ar, إليسا), is a Lebanese recording artist. She is one of Lebanon's most famous singers, and one of the best-known artists in ...

(born 1971), birth name Elissar Khoury, Lebanese singer known by the mononym Elissa * Elissa Aalto (1922–1994), Finnish architect and author * Elissa Alarie (born 1986), Canadian rugby player * Elissa P. Benedek (born 1936), American clinical psychiatrist and professor * Elissa Blount Moorhead, American artist and writer * Elissa Cameron, New Zealand wildlife biologist * Elissa Cunane (born 2000), American basketball player *

Elissa Down Elissa Down is an Australian filmmaker, who in 1999 and 2000, was nominated for Young Film-maker of the year at the WA Screen Awards. Her major works are a number of award-winning short films, ''Summer Angst'', ''The Cherry Orchard'', ''Her Ou ...

, Australian filmmaker *

Ellie Downie Elissa Rebecca "Ellie" Downie (born 20 July 1999) is a retired artistic gymnast who has represented Great Britain. She is the all-around 2017 European gymnastics champion, the first gymnast to win a major all-around title for Great Britain. T ...

(born 1999), British gymnast, born Elissa Downie * Elissa Hallem, American neurobiologist *

Elissa Landi Elissa Landi (born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt; December 6, 1904 – October 21, 1948) was an Austrian-American actress born in Venice, who was popular as a performer in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. She was noted for her a ...

(1904–1948), Italian actress *

Elissa Lansdell Elissa Lansdell is a Canadian television personality currently based in Toronto, Ontario. She was a correspondent for CMT Canada and hosted ''My Rona Home'' on City. Lansdell began her television career as an associate producer for '' The Camil ...

, Canadian television host * Elissa Murphy, American software engineer and executive *

Elissa McCracken Elissa may refer to: * Elissa (name), a feminine given name (including people by that name) People * Dido, Queen of Carthage in Greek and Roman mythology, also referred to as Elissa or Alyssa * Elissa (singer) (born 1972), Lebanese singer Other u ...

, American beauty pageant competitor *

Elissa Mielke Elissa Mielke is a Canadian singer/songwriter, actress, and fashion model. Mielke is best known for her own music, and for music videos like The Weeknd's "The Zone" featuring Canadian rapper Drake, and for ''Lion Attacks short film ''Mobius'', whi ...

, Canadian singer and model * Elissa L. Newport, American psycholinguist and professor * Elissa Schappell, American writer * Elissa Shevinsky, American executive and writer *

Elissa Silverman Elissa Silverman is an American politician and reporter from Washington, D.C., the United States capital. She has served as an independent at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia since January 2, 2015. Before 2014, she was a ...

(born 1973), American politician *

Elissa Steamer Elissa Steamer (born July 31, 1975) is an American professional skateboarder. Early life Steamer was born in Fort Myers, Florida, United States, and began skateboarding in 1989. Steamer frequented a small city owned skate park on Grand Avenue. ...

(born 1975), American professional skateboarder *

Elissa Wall ''Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs'' is an autobiography by American author Elissa Wall detailing her childhood in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Chr ...

(born 1986), American writer * Elissa Washuta, American Indian writer

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{{given name, Elissa Feminine given names Given names of Hebrew language origin

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