Alyssa

Alyssa is a currently popular feminine given name with multiple origins.

Origin

As used in western countries, the name is usually derived from the name of the flower alyssum. The name of the flower derives from the Greek roots a- ("not") and lyssum (insane); the flower was formerly thought to cure skin diseases. It shares many variants in common with the name Alice and is occasionally considered a form of that name as well.

It has been a popular name in the United States, where it ranked as the 19th most popular name given to baby girls born in 2009, having ranked among the top 100 names for girls since 1986 and among the top 20 names since 1997. In the Philippines Alyssa is pronounced locally /əˈlaɪsə/ rather than /əˈlɪsə/ as in other Anglophone countries.

Alissa/Alisa and Elissa (Arabic: اليسار / ALA-LC: Alīssār; اليسا / Alīssā; عليسا ‘Alīssā; عليسة / ‘Alīssah) are variations of the name of Queen Elissa, the founder of Carthage, and is used in Middle Eastern countries. The name Elissa is likely a variant of the Phoenician name Elishat, meaning "wanderer".

Alyssa (disambiguation)

Alyssa is a female given name.

Alyssa may also refer to:

List of World of Watches characters

These are the notable characters in the Night Watch books and movies as created by Sergey Lukyanenko with Vladimir Vasilyev. They all play major or medium-sized roles in one or more of the following works:

Novels:

Stories:

Movies:

Computer games:

Characters are categorized by their affiliation when they first appear.

Light Others

Characters with Magical abilities that have aligned themselves with the Light are called Light Others

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