Lyssah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lyssah

What is the meaning of the name Lyssah ?

The baby name Lyssah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced LISS-uh (commonly); sometimes LEE-sah.

Lyssah is English in Origin.

Lyssah is a modern English given name, a stylized spelling of Lyssa/Lissa/Lysa, pronounced LISS-uh. It likely arose as a short form or creative offshoot of several established names: Alyssa (linked to the alyssum flower, from Greek a- “not” + lyssa “madness”), Melissa (Greek for “bee”), and Elissa/Elisabeth (from Hebrew Elisheva, “my God is an oath”). Some sources also link Alyssa to Alice, ultimately from Germanic Adalheidis, “noble type.”

Though Lyssa appears in Greek myth as the personification of frenzy, it was not a traditional personal name. By contrast, Elissa is the classical name of Queen Dido; Melissa has been used since antiquity and peaked in Anglophone countries in the late 20th century; Alyssa surged in the 1980s–2000s. Lyssah remains rare and contemporary, favored for its streamlined sound and distinctive h-ending. Variants include Lyssa, Lissa, Lysa, Lissah, and Lissya; related forms Alyssa, Elissa, Melissa, Elisa, and Elise.

⚙ Lyssah is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Lyssah appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.