Elissa

Elissa is a name of Phoenician origin, traditionally identified as the birth name or alternate name of Dido, the legendary founder and queen of Carthage, whose story is recorded by ancient Greek and Roman sources including Virgil in the Aeneid. The precise meaning of the Phoenician form is debated, but it is often linked to a root associated with wandering or, alternatively, connected to the Hebrew name Elisheba, meaning my God is an oath or my God is abundance. As a given name in modern use, Elissa functions largely as a variant or elaborated form of Elisa, Elise, and Alissa, drawing on both the classical legend and the broader Elisabeth family of names.