Alyssa
[əˈlɪsə]Meaning
variant of Alicia, influenced by the alyssum flower, from Greek a- "not" + lyssa "madness"
Background Story
Alyssa is a feminine given name, usually treated in Western countries as a variant of Alicia, with Alysa as an alternative spelling. Its spelling was probably influenced by the alyssum flower, whose name comes from the Greek a-, a negative prefix, and lyssa, meaning "madness, rabies", because the flower was formerly thought to cure madness and skin diseases. It shares many variants with Alice and is occasionally considered a form of that name, and it is used in Basque, Bosnian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Germanic and Greek. In the United States it ranked among the top 20 names between 2000 and 2009, then declined steadily, falling to rank 199 by 2020.
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