Jelisa

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dʒɫisə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jelisa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 361K(measured from records)
  • GYGuyana1 in 50K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 145K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

922 people, 2020

Sources
181 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jelisa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jelisa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—9221 in 361K922Jelisa181
PH Philippines—≈390 est.≈1 in 279K—Jelisa13
ID Indonesia—≈250 est.≈1 in 1.1MlistedJelisa21
NL Netherlands—1191 in 145K119Jelisa7
CA Canada—≈37 est.≈1 in 1M9Jelisa31
DO Dominican Republic—≈16 est.≈1 in 640K—Jelisa7
GY Guyana—151 in 50K15Jelisa2
BB Barbados#902———Jelisa8

922 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); the ca-statcan-baby-names register; the id-github-names register; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jelisa is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Philippines

    Also written Jélisa

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Jelisa,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Jelisa
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020922#13,184
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1989145—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1990136—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1988133—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1991121—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—119#4,990
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)1992104—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—79#9,141
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199379—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199541—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199439—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199623—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Jelisa?
A machine transcription gives /dʒɫisə/ (IPA) for English.
Is Jelisa a male or female name?
Jelisa is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Jelisa have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 922 people named Jelisa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jelisa.
Where is Jelisa most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jelisa is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 50 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Jelisa?
In the United States, the national register counted 922 people named Jelisa in 2020, about 1 in 361 thousand residents.
How common is Jelisa compared with other names?
In Barbados, Jelisa is the 902nd most common given name of 1,425 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jelisa” — the 902nd most common given name in Barbados. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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