Alissa / Alyssa

[darcien]

Thoughts on this name? Also how would you spell it? TIA

Nice name. Spelling Alyssa

Nice. Unusual but not daft.

I like Alissa.

It's a nice name. The different ways of spelling it would be what puts me off the name. I think the Alyssa spelling would be the more common one used, and it looks nicer too.

I like Alyssa

Alyssa, lovely name !

I don’t like it, think it’s twee but I’d go with Alyssa.

I know one Alissa. She's from Namibia and is a real inspiration - CEO of her own company and travelling around the world lecturing. Has positive connotations for me.

Alyssa is more common, perhaps, but I don't like it with the Y in the middle. I prefer Alissa as being more elegant.

Alyssa is how I’d spell it, Alissa looks like a wrong spelling (to me, but that’s just me not representative of all!)

Lovely name, and I like both spellings but probably prefer Alyssa. (On a similar note, have you considered Alicia?)

It was on my list. Would have gone for Alyssa, but decided I completely different name.

Nice name. Id spell it Alyssa.

It’s nice - prefer the Alyssa spelling.

I think Alicia is nicer though.

I prefer Alicia too.

Not keen on Alissa. Love Alyssa but would spell it Alicia (not keen on Ys in names) and would pronounce it Alice-ear

Alyssa and Alicia aren’t the same though.

I’d pronounce Alyssa like A-liss-a and Alicia like A-liss-ee-a.

Alyssa is nice. Alicia is one of those names that people pronounce in different ways - Alissya, Aleesha, Al-iss-ee-ah, Alisha etc so too complicated.

I prefer Alyssa. Alicia is also nice. I don’t like it produced Aleesha.

I like Alicia but only when it's pronounced Alisha (to rhyme with Trisha).

Alisha as in delicia the stripper?

Aleesha is bad enough, Alisha is even worse!

Know one, spelt Alyssa.
I like it. I also like Alicia (Al-iss-ia) and absolutely love the Al-ee-see-a pronunciation, but not so keen on Al-ee-sha. Never heard it said 'Alisha' though Alyssa avoids much of the ambiguity.

There’s also the ancient Greek name Elissa or Elyssa.

Dido, Queen of Carthage is also known by this name.

I’d assume that Alyssa probably derives from Elissa, whereas Alicia is from Alice.