First names in Hebrew

First name Alyssa: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אליסה

Gematria value: 106

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Alyssa is written אליסה

Meaning and origin

What does Alyssa mean?

Meaning: of disputed origin (Alice, "noble"; or the alyssum flower)
Origin: disputed

Your name has a disputed origin. It is linked to Alice and Alison, and so to the old Germanic Adalheidis, "of noble kind"; it is also linked to the Greek alysson, the name of a small flowering plant once believed to calm madness. It became popular in America in the 1990s.

Gematria

Alyssa = 106

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אליסה has 5 letters:

• אthe letter Aleph1
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• סthe letter Samekh60
• הthe letter He5
• Total106

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Alyssa, from א to ה:

אַתָּה סֵתֶר לִי מִצַּר תִּצְּרֵנִי רׇנֵּי פַלֵּט תְּסוֹבְבֵנִי סֶלָה׃

“You are my hiding place; You guard me from distress, You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.”

Psalms 32:7

The book of your first name

Alyssa, in nine pages

• Alyssa, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Alyssa
• Alyssa, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Alyssa in three answers

How do you write Alyssa in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Alyssa is written אליסה.

What is the gematria value of Alyssa?
Written אליסה, Alyssa is worth 106: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Samekh (60) + the letter He (5).

What does Alyssa mean?
Of disputed origin (Alice, "noble"; or the alyssum flower) (origin: disputed). Your name has a disputed origin. It is linked to Alice and Alison, and so to the old Germanic Adalheidis, "of noble kind"; it is also linked to the Greek alysson, the name of a small flowering plant once believed to calm madness. It became popular in America in the 1990s.