The first name Julissa
A girl’s name from Spanish.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Spanish origin
A female given name from Spanish recently borrowed from Spanish.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Julissa last appeared in the official list in 2021, given to 3 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Julissa with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Julissa at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 205 girls born in the United States were named Julissa, the 1,136th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2006, when 1,530 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Julissa
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Julissa VillanuevaDoctor of forensic medicine from Honduras, born 1972
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Questions
- What is the origin of the name Julissa?
- Julissa comes from Spanish.
- How popular is the name Julissa?
- In 2021, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Julissa, ranking 5,581st.
- Is Julissa a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 25,899 US babies named Julissa since 1880 were girls.
- When was Julissa most popular?
- 2006 in the United States, when 1,530 babies were named Julissa, its highest rank at 225th.