Alyssa is a Germanic name which means "noble kind, of noble sort", and also might be derived from the flower alyssum. She shares her first name with her cousin, Alyssa Cunningham, and shares the name's meaning with her eventual aunt, Alicia Bennet nee Petrelli. Her middle name, Genevieve, is also Germanic and may mean "woman of the people". Her surname, Bennet, is Latin meaning "blessed".