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Ally/Allie as a nickname.
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In 2018, 11 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Alyssa who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 200th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
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According to Statistics Sweden there is one person with Alyzza as their first name.
And there are 216 People with Alyssa as their first name in Sweden.
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And there are 216 People with Alyssa as their first name in Sweden.
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My name is Alyssa. I just love my name, and have always strongly identified with it. I find it just the right balance between feminine and no nonsense, and I particularly like names that begin with vowels. I love that it has Greek origins with the meaning sane one, rational. My sisters call me Lyss, Lyssa and Lolly, which I love. The Alyssum flower is also pretty cool. Spelled backwards, it is Assyla, which is downright awful, though...
I was born in 1971 and where I am from in NJ it wasn't very common. I did go to grades K thru 12 with a girl who spelled her name Alyssa, but she pronounced it Alicia. That annoyed my mother to no end, and even though my mom was not a particularly catty woman, she couldn't get over what she felt was an outright mispronunciation of the name Alyssa, or rather, misspelling of the name Alicia. It sure did confuse our teachers, who would look back and forth between the two of us with a 'you've got to be kidding me' look on their faces.
I became prepared with strategies to help people get the correct pronunciation. Under no circumstances could I say "Hello, I'm Alyssa" but only introduce myself with "My name is Alyssa" usually following up with "It's like Melissa without the M." Unfortunately, it hasn't helped much in Italy where I live today. Many of the people I know either stress the wrong syllable or add a vowel, or a combination of both, and some of them have known me for over 10 years. But when they get it right it is Ah-lees-sa, which has taken some getting used to. My nickname here is Aly which is pronounced Ah-ly, which I love, but I won't let any Americans use it. They don't pronounce it right and it sounds too nasal.
The name Alyssa was used in an episode of Little House on the Prairie for Carrie's 'Fairy God Sister' from season 5 which aired in 1978, but I don't think it went viral until after the start of Who's the Boss with Alyssa Milano in 1984.
I remember the first time I heard someone say my name to anyone other than me or "Alicia" which didn't happen until I was in High School. I was in Macy's one day when, thinking it was my mom, I replied to a lady calling out Alyssa who I didn't know at all, a bit confused until I realized she was speaking to her 3 year old daughter! My reign had ended, and I became one of the many Alyssa’s around. Now I knew how all the Jennifers felt!
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I was born in 1971 and where I am from in NJ it wasn't very common. I did go to grades K thru 12 with a girl who spelled her name Alyssa, but she pronounced it Alicia. That annoyed my mother to no end, and even though my mom was not a particularly catty woman, she couldn't get over what she felt was an outright mispronunciation of the name Alyssa, or rather, misspelling of the name Alicia. It sure did confuse our teachers, who would look back and forth between the two of us with a 'you've got to be kidding me' look on their faces.
I became prepared with strategies to help people get the correct pronunciation. Under no circumstances could I say "Hello, I'm Alyssa" but only introduce myself with "My name is Alyssa" usually following up with "It's like Melissa without the M." Unfortunately, it hasn't helped much in Italy where I live today. Many of the people I know either stress the wrong syllable or add a vowel, or a combination of both, and some of them have known me for over 10 years. But when they get it right it is Ah-lees-sa, which has taken some getting used to. My nickname here is Aly which is pronounced Ah-ly, which I love, but I won't let any Americans use it. They don't pronounce it right and it sounds too nasal.
The name Alyssa was used in an episode of Little House on the Prairie for Carrie's 'Fairy God Sister' from season 5 which aired in 1978, but I don't think it went viral until after the start of Who's the Boss with Alyssa Milano in 1984.
I remember the first time I heard someone say my name to anyone other than me or "Alicia" which didn't happen until I was in High School. I was in Macy's one day when, thinking it was my mom, I replied to a lady calling out Alyssa who I didn't know at all, a bit confused until I realized she was speaking to her 3 year old daughter! My reign had ended, and I became one of the many Alyssa’s around. Now I knew how all the Jennifers felt!
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My name is Alyssa, and in all my life - in a highschool of nearly 5,000 people - I've only ever met one other person who says and spells her name like mine. It's not so popular down under. I like my name.
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Alyssa is a very popular name in the midwest. Most of them spell their name Alyssa, but I have seen it spelled Alissa or also pronounced as "a lish a".
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