Entry № 486 · Greek origin

Alyssia Alyssia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Alyssum flower"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "alyssum flower".

Alyssia is a variant spelling of Alyssa, linked to the alyssum flower and to reason.

Alyssum flower — a much-loved spelling.

The name in its native script.

Alyssia
Transliteration
Alyssia
Pronunciation
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Root
Grammatical form

Where Alyssia stands.

Alyssia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Alyssias before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Alyssia.

The number behind Alyssia.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Alyssia reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.