Anissa Helou is a London-based chef, teacher, and author. She specializes in cooking and writing recipes for Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and North African cuisines. Her cookbooks have won numerous awards. She currently lives in London and runs a cooking school, "Anissa's School."
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Anissa Urtez is an American professional softball player of Mexican descent. She represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Anissa Gamble is a Canadian ice hockey forward who most recently played in the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She is to date the first female to have played professional ice hockey in North America while living with Type 1 diabetes.
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Anissa Tann is an Australian soccer coach and former soccer player. As a powerful defender, she represented Australia in the 1995 and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cups as well as at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Tann married Steve Darby in November 1994 and was known as Anissa Tann-Darby until 2001. Captain of the national team between 1991 and 1994, Tann was the first Australian to win 100 caps. She was inducted to the national Soccer Hall of Fame in December 2007.
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Very unique & pretty, reminds me of aesthetic pictures.
This is my name :D with a name like this you'll never get lost in a crowd (or however the saying goes).
― Anonymous User 1/10/2021
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I don't exactly remember where I heard this name but I love it! It's unique and pretty.
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In the case of child actress Anissa Jones, who made the name popular, it is actually not a made-up name but a transcription of the Arabic أنيسة (Anissa, often also translated as Anisa), which means "friend, friendly". She pronounces her name as ah-NEE-sah and was given the name because her grandparents were Lebanese.Her full name was Mary Anissa Jones, but she was always called Anissa. [noted -ed]
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Looks rather snobbish, and reminds me of aniseed, which I dislike.
My name is Annissa. With double N and double S as well. There are a million girls named Anissa, Anissa, or Nisa in Indonesia. But with double N and double S, I guess it's only me, lol. I like my name.
My name on my birth certificate is also spelled Annissa- they made a mistake when they printed it on there... my mom spells it Anissa- that's the way I prefer it as well. I never had it changed on my birth certificate though.
My name is Anissa. I am Italian, Polish and Hungarian. My mom heard this name when she was young and liked that it was different and pretty. Growing up as Anissa in the midst of Jennifers and Lindas was difficult at times. Over the years I grew into my name and appreciated it being unique. Most common comments over my 48 years is, your name is different, so pretty..
My name is Anissa. I am Puerto Rican and not of Arabic origin. My mom named me after she read an article in the newspaper about a girl named Anissa. She was looking for something Hispanic sounding but not common. I've met 2 Anissa's in my life and a few with different spellings. Since it is not a common name, people do tend to mispronounce it and misspell it quite often. At the end of the day I wouldn't trade my name for the world!
Like others have said, this is also a variant of the Arabic name Anisa. Here in France, Anissa is mostly used by people of North African origin. Every Anissa I know is either Moroccan or Algerian - I've never heard of an ethnic Frenchwoman with this name. As for Anissa Jones, she was half Lebanese through her mother, which is probably where her parents got the name.
Hideous. The only -issa name I like is Marissa, and Melissa is so common it's tolerable, but the other ones sound so girly and immature, as does this. At least Carissa, for instance, sounds prettier than this ugly name.
Anissa Jones (b. Mary Anissa Jones) was an American child actress who died of a drug overdose at age 18.
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This name looks like the Arabic name Anisa with an extra 's' added in. Anisa means 'friendly' in Arabic. I have a friend named Anisa. I think it's really pretty and it suits her.