Alessa \a-lessa, al(es)-sa\ as a girl's name is a variant of Alessandra (Greek) and Alexis (Greek), and the meaning of Alessa is "defender, protector".

The baby name Alessa sounds like Alesia, Alessia, Allessa, Alessi, Alyssa, Alissa and Aleesa. Other similar baby names are Anessa, Alesta and Alesha.