Etymology

Alyssa

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Today it means: A female given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the US in the 1990s and the 2000s. Full definition →

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  1. Germanic · derived from
  2. English todayAlyssa

A 20th-century invention. Possible origins: * From alyss(um) (“a plant of the genus Alyssum”) + -a. * From Alicia, of Germanic origin. * From Elissa.

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