Dessa is an American singer, rapper, and writer.

Dessa may also refer to:

Dessa, Niger, a village and rural commune Dessa (artist), Swiss visual artist Deborah Petroz-Abeles (born 1948) Dessa (Filipina singer), Filipino singer Maria Destreza Alivio Salazar (born 1974) the title character of Dessa Rose, a novel by Sherley Anne Williams Dessa Rose (musical), a musical based on the novel Dessa, a fictitious planet in the Soviet film Per Aspera Ad Astra