Names that end in lissa

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

WDYT of the following names?

Melissa
Alissa
Elissa

Any preferred spellings? (I once knew a Mellissa.) 

Do you know any other names that end with -lissa?  I'm partial to it but trying to avoid naming a character Lisa (though I love that name).  :)

Thanks.

Comments

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like Alyssa.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i like Alissa or Alyssa. it's one of the few names i prefer with a Y in it.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I knew a girl named Melisa once, pn me-LISA.

If I had to pick, I'd go with Alissa.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

Alyssa. And I love Elise. And Marissa.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I like Melissa a lot; Malissa, for some reason, has always been a favorite of mine.

I like Alissa, too, but Elissa seems like a misspelling; I'd stick with Alissa.

Either one is a nice name, I think:)

[bouncepogo.livejournal.com]

I knew a lady named Elisa once..it's like Elise, but with an A on the end. E-Lisa.

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

me-LISA is too much of a mouthful for me.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Alyssa is one of my favourite girl names, but it's my 12-year old sister's name, so...eh. I don't want to use it.

[djador.livejournal.com]

Out of those three my favourite is Elissa. I also like Alissa. I'm not crazy about Melissa though.

How about Clarissa? Or Karissa? (is that a name. lol)

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

I really like the name Alyssa, but it's my name so I am biased.

[sweet-caro1ine.livejournal.com]

Really not fond of Melissa, but just adore Elissa and Alyssa.

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

As a Melissa, I can't say I love it. However, if you're looking to name a character, it's maybe the most common and less vaguely Mary Sue-ish of those choices, at least in my eyes.

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

I've always liked Alyssa/Alissa. I think it sounds elegant and lovely. But I'm not a big fan of Elissa. Or Marissa. And I think Melissa is pretty, but it's WAY too common for my comfort. (I'm a Melissa, and I have known/met so many of them that the name just seems boring and bland and overused in my eyes.)

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I know a girl named Marisa who used the nickname Misa (rhymes with Lisa)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I like Melissa and Alyssa spelled like this

[chibiaichan.livejournal.com]

i like elissa~

[emjay417.livejournal.com]

my name is Melissa
and noone EVERY spells it correctly... and actually i get called Michelle alot!?

but i have some friends that call me Misa

other names similar are Marissa, Clarissa, Carissa, Larissa, Belissa (which is horrid but i know her)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

If -issa is ok too, there's Raissa.
Although rather impronounceable in English, I'm afraid.

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

I know a Carissa but no Karissas. Not crazy on Clarissa though. Anyone remember Clarissa Explains it All or whatever it was called?

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like Misa.

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

People seriously misspell Melissa?! And call you Michelle? *is confused at people*

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

I love Raisa actually. I took a year of Russian, and one of the characters in our book was called Raisa (nn Raya, which I also love).

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I love Alyssa.

[emjay417.livejournal.com]

yep!
Malissa, Malisa, Mallisa, Mellisa, Mellissa, Melisa, and even though i know it's a typo most likely Melisssa has appeared on a few things that others have typed for me!

and i definatley don't understand the Melissa/Michelle connection especially with so many other female names that start with "Mel" but my cousin and other friends that are Michelles have also been called Melissa!? so at least it goes both ways

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Larissa?

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

I suppose it makes sense since I'm a Laurie and have been called Laura, Lauren, Laurel, and even Lisa and Lorraine.

[its-cutie-meli.livejournal.com]

I can't tell you how many times I've been called Michelle!

And the worst spelling I have ever seen of our name -- Malisa.

[intothesea.livejournal.com]

Misa sounds like it'd make a nice name.