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Alissa at a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- Western numerology
- 7
- Indian numerology
- 3
- Characters
- 6
- Popular
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What does Alissa mean?
Alissa is a baby name with English context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is Variant of Alice.
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Variant of Marlene 'Woman from Magdala'; Variant of Marlene, derived from Madeline: Woman from Magdala
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A 13th century variant of Alice meaning nobility Now particularly popular in Scotland; Alice; Of holy fame; Son of All; Sweet
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