Fun Facts About the Name Julyssa
- 952 babies named Julyssa: U.S. records list 952 babies given the name Julyssa from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Julyssa Mean?
Julyssa is a modern spelling of Julissa, which is generally treated as a form of Julia extended with the ending seen in names such as Melissa, Clarissa, and Marissa. Julia is the feminine form of the Roman family name Iulius (Julius). The original sense of Iulius is not settled: one old explanation links it to Greek ioulos, "downy" or the first growth of a beard, while another connects it to Latin iuvenis, "young," and to the god-name Iovis (Jove). Through that second association, "youthful" became the meaning most often given, but it is a customary interpretation rather than a firmly established translation.
Julyssa Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the family of Julia, the feminine of the Roman clan name Iulius. The Iulii were a leading Roman family, and the fame of Gaius Julius Caesar and the emperors who followed him carried the name, in both masculine and feminine forms (Iulius, Iulia), across the empire. Veneration of early Christian saints named Julia kept it in use in Europe, where it took a distinct shape in each language: Giulia in Italian, Julie in French, Julia in Spanish and German, and Júlia in Portuguese and Hungarian.
The ending of Julyssa follows a pattern found in Melissa, Clarissa, and Marissa, where a shorter root is lengthened with -issa. The y in place of i is one of several respellings of Julissa used in modern English-speaking countries, where y is a common substitute for i in girls' names. The variant therefore carries the history of Julia while its spelling reflects a recent English-language fashion rather than a separate linguistic tradition.
How Popular is the Name Julyssa?
Julyssa has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2006. Its best rank was #2,868 in 2006.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,499 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #11,678 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #10,650 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #8,168 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #11,842 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #8,873 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #6,659 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #7,778 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #5,923 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #5,221 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2013 | #4,586 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2012 | #3,811 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2011 | #4,108 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2010 | #3,440 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2009 | #3,110 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 2008 | #3,351 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 2007 | #3,189 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 2006 | #2,868 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2005 | #2,887 | 57 | 0.0031% |
| 2004 | #4,133 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2003 | #3,495 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2002 | #3,687 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2001 | #3,337 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2000 | #3,482 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1999 | #3,072 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 1998 | #3,324 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1997 | #3,191 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1996 | #6,533 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #6,822 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #12,504 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #8,332 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #10,996 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #6,395 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #12,022 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #13,299 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Julyssa Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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