Alyssa
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Alyssa is a feminine given name with multiple origins. Alysa is an alternative spelling.
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- Notables with the name Alyssa
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Alyssa is a feminine given name with multiple origins. Alysa is an alternative spelling.
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 ἀ- a- ("not") and λύσσα lyssa ("mania, rabies"); 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alyssa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.