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All around the world, Tissa (Tissa , Tisssa, تيسا ) is quite a rare epicene first name. The first name Tissa is characteristic of Sri Lanka, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Qatar, and Tunisia, where it is a rare feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Algeria. Much less frequently, Tissa is the last name as well as the forename.
Tissa is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sage , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, The Gifted; Tessa Noël , the fictional character in the television series "Highlander", Highlander: The Series; Number One , the fictional character from Babylon 5; Tessa Phillips , the character in the Spooks television series portrayed by Jenny Agutter and Tessa , the fictional character from the television series Supernatural, among other works.