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Alissa (female)

Diminutive(s):Lissa (F) Lyssa (F)
Derivative of:Alicia (F)
Can be spelt:Allissa (F) Alyssa (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English derivative of Alicia from Old French & German, "nobility".
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