Name Alyssa - Meaning, Origin, Celebrities, Personalized Gifts

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Alyssa is Rational Girl!

Name Alyssa is gaining popularity from year to year. Each year more of newborn baby girls are named Alyssa! Why? Although it's popular name it's not a common name!

Meaning & Origin of Name Alyssa

It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "rational". Also the name of a bright yellow flower, alyssum.

Alyssa/Alissa/Alisa and Elissa are variations of the name of Queen Elissa, the founder of Carthage and is used in Middle Eastern countries.

In Aboriginal, this name means 'sun'.

Popularity of name Alyssa

Alyssa is a very popular female first name and a very rare surname. According to Social Security Online name Alyssa was #14 for year 2007.

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Variations of name Alyssa

Aly, Aleesa, Ally, Alissa, Alisse, Allissa, Allyse, Allyssa, Alysa, Alisa, Alyse, Alysse, Alyssia, Elisa, Elyse, Elissa, Ellisa, Elyssa, Illissa, Ilisa, Illisa, Ilyssa, Ilysa, Lisa, Eliza, Lissy, Lissa, Lysa, Lyss, Lysy, Lissie and Lyssa

Alyssa as Celebrity!

So Cute Alyssa - Alyssa Milano!

Alyssa Jayne Milano (born December 19, 1972) is perhaps best known for her roles as Samantha Micelli in the sitcom Who's the Boss?, Phoebe Halliwell on the supernatural series Charmed or via her new female apparel clothing line Touch. Read the rest of Wikipedia acticle
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Musical Alyssa - Alyssa Graham

"Pictures of you"

Alyssa Graham is a jazz vocalist from New Jersey. Her debut album What Love Is was acclaimed by All About Jazz as one of the "Best New Recordings of 2005" and was featured in JAZZIZ's annual "Women In Jazz" issue. Her second album Echo was released in 2008 on Sunnyside Records. Alyssa Graham made "musical history" as the first singer to record the tune "Involved Again", originally written for Billie Holiday in the 1950s. The album also includes a version of Paul Simon's "America." Read the rest of Wikipedia article
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New Album by Alyssa Graham

Echo

Amazon Price: $10.26 (as of 05/28/2012)Buy Now

"Pictures of You" is a gorgeous love song, and her versions of Paul Simon's "America" and Joao Gilberto's "Izaura" are just stunning. Jazz fans will love this, but any fan of vocalists and great arrangements will too.

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  • Joan4 Dec 7, 2008 @ 11:36 am | delete
    Alyssa is a new name to me, but I do like it. It sounds so feminine and sweet.

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