Lisa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lisa"

English

Etymology

Diminutive of Elisabeth in several European languages. The computer is named after Lisa Brennan-Jobs, officially explained as an acronym for “Locally Integrated Software Architecture”.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lēʹsə, lēʹzə, līʹzə, IPA^(key): /ˈliːsə/, /ˈliːzə/, /ˈlaɪzə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) enPR: lēʹsə, lēʹzə, līʹzə, IPA^(key): /ˈlisə/, /ˈlizə/, /ˈlaɪzə/
• Rhymes: -iːsə, -iːzə, -aɪzə
• Homophones: LISA, Liza, liza

Proper noun

Lisa (plural Lisas)

1. A female given name from Hebrew.

   You were born in the '70s? Were you named after Lisa on As the World Turns?

   • 1868, William Meynell Whittmore, editor, Sunshine, page 138:

     Elizabeth coloured.
     "Oh, I don't want the doll called after me, if that is what you mean," she said, rather disdainfully.
     "Nonsense, Lisa!" laughed her father, "you ought to consider yourself highly honoured to have such a handsome lady as this for your namesake."

   • 1997, Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger, Grove Press, →ISBN:

     Lisa is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang - whoom! Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.

   • 2007, Elinor Lipman, My Latest Grievance, →ISBN, page 16:

     Did I want to be burdened with a common name? Be the third Lisa and fourth Susan in my classroom? Darleen or Doreen or Maureen?
     I did.

Usage notes

• Taken to general use as a full English given name in early 20th century. Very popular in the U.S. in the 1960s, and in the U.K. a decade later.

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: لِيزَا f (līzā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麗莎 / 丽莎 (Lìshā)

• French: Lise (fr) f
• German: Lisa (de) f, Liese (de) f
• Greek: Λίζα (el) f (Líza)
• Japanese: リサ (Risa)
• Korean: 리사 (Risa)
• Russian: Ли́за (ru) f (Líza)
• Sicilian: Lisa f

Noun

Lisa (plural Lisas)

1. (computing, historical) Ellipsis of Apple Lisa.
   • 1984 July 23, Peggy Watt, “Democrats Computerize Politics”, in InfoWorld, volume 6, number 30, page 24:

     Both Macs and Lisas, along with Imagewriter printers, are part of the convention network organized by Sytek of Mountain View, California.

2. (slang) An idealised girlfriend.

Further reading

• Eric Partridge (2005), “Lisa”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1216.

Anagrams

• SAIL, Lasi, Alis, Lias, lias, sial, Isla, sail, Lais, ails, SiAl, LIAs, lais, Ilsa

Cebuano

Etymology

Clipping of Felisa. Also from English Liza, Lisa, diminutives of Elizabeth.

Proper noun

Lisa

1. a female given name from English
   • 2013, Bering, Jona Branzuela, Tubod:

     “Tingali!” segun pa ni Lisa dayong humol sa iyang mga labhonon sa tubig samtang si Gina ug Mina ming-atubang pagbalik sa labhonon. Padayon nga nagkusukuso si Rose.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2018 — Del Rosario, Jefferson, Color Game (05 September), Bisaya, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation

     Nagpadayon ang buynas ni Lisa. Mitingog ang iyang selpon, apan wala ni niya panumbalinga. Pagkakita niya, teks ra man diay sa iyang kamagwangang anak nga si Jonel. Mimiskol na pod ni, apan kay nalingaw siya sa perya, wala ni niya matubag.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Danish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lisa

1. a female given name derived from Elisabeth

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of Elisabeth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.zaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Li‧sa

Proper noun

Lisa f

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Elisabeth
• Lies
• Liesbeth

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lisa

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• Lisa's son: Lisuson
• Lisa's daughter: Lisudóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Lisa
accusative	Lisu
dative	Lisu
genitive	Lisu

French

Etymology

Clipping of Élisabeth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.za/

Proper noun

Lisa f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth

Anagrams

• ails, lias, sali, sila

German

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːza/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Lisa

1. a female given name from Elisabeth

Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.sa/
• Rhymes: -isa
• Hyphenation: Lì‧sa

Proper noun

Lisa f

1. a female given name, diminutive of Elisabetta

Anagrams

• Sila, alsi, sali, salì

Lun Bawang

Proper noun

Lisa

1. a male given name

References

• ⁠Ricky Ganang et al. (2008), “Lisa”, in Kemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council, →OCLC, page 210

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lisa f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Lisabé
2. a female given name

Derived terms

• Lison

Norwegian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lisa

1. a female given name derived from Elisabeth

Romanian

Etymology

From lisa, definite form of lisă (“uncultivated field”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lisa f

1. a commune of Brașov County, Romania
2. a village in Lisa, Brașov County, Romania
3. a village in Schitu, Olt County, Romania
4. a commune of Teleorman County, Romania
5. a village in Lisa, Teleorman County, Romania

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• Licia (palatalized)
• Luvisa, Luvicia (dieretic variants)
• Luiggia (Italianism)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin L(udov)īs(i)a, feminine variant of from Latin Ludovīcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.sa/, [ˈli.sa]
• Hyphenation: Li‧sa

Proper noun

Lisa

1. a female given name from Latin, of historical usage, equivalent to English Louise

Coordinate terms

• (masculinine variant): Lisi

Descendants

• Italian: Zia Lisa (toponym)

Swedish

Etymology

Short form of Elisabet. First recorded in Sweden in 1558.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²liːsa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -²iːsa
• Homophone: leasa

Proper noun

Lisa c (genitive Lisas)

1. a female given name

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 31 611 females with the given name Lisa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 1910s and the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• Olísà (Ìjẹ̀bú)
• Rísà (Ìjẹ̀ṣà, Ìjẹ̀bú)
• Ọísà, Ọị́sà (Èkìtì)
• Orísà
• Eísà

Etymology

Probably from or cognate with Edo Olisa, Edo Olíhà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lí.sà/

Proper noun

Lísà

1. a traditional chieftaincy title, usually held by the highest-ranking chief in a town, second-in-command to the king.

Usage notes

• In the Èkìtì dialect of Yoruba, "Lísà" (or the Èkìtì equivalent, Ọị́sà/Ọísà, serves as a common noun meaning "high chief," (this may in fact be the original meaning borrowed from the Edo language), but that meaning is only used in compounds of other chieftaincy titles, such as Sàpetu, which is a contraction of "Lísà Ìpetu," literally "high chief of Ìpetu."

Derived terms

• Ológun-Sinkin
• Sàpetu
• Sàlórò
• Sàlọ́tùn
• Sàrúkù
• Sàò
• Sàjọwá
• Sàjùkú

Related terms

• Èyé Lísà (“female equivalent of Lísà title”)
• Rísàpetu
• Ọị́sịkịn, Ológun-Rísinkin
• Eísàbá