Lissa
Lissa is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Denmark, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 3,874 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Lissa
If you do not know Lissa’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Lissa,” in English, “Guten Tag Lissa,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Lissa,
German
Guten Tag Lissa,
French
Bonjour Lissa,
Spanish
Estimado/a Lissa:
Chinese
Lissa您好：
Japanese
Lissa様
English
Hi Lissa,
German
Hi Lissa,
French
Salut Lissa,
Spanish
Hola Lissa,
Chinese
Lissa你好：
Japanese
Lissaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
| Denmark | rare | woman's name |
| Great Britain | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 3,874 female · 3,874 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Lissa a male or female name?
Lissa is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Lissa in an email?
If you do not know Lissa’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Lissa,” in English, “Guten Tag Lissa,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Lissa a unisex name?
Lissa is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Lissa a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/lissa. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_lissa,
title = {Is Lissa a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/lissa},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}