Lisa

See also: lisa, LISA, Lísa, lisä, and lisä-

English

Etymology

Diminutive of Elisabeth in several European languages.

Pronunciation

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

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.

Quotations

• 1868 Concocted by William Meynell Whittmore (and others): 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.

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: لِيزَا f (līzā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麗莎／丽莎, 丽莎 (Lìshā)

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

Anagrams

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

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Cebuano

Etymology

Aphetic form of Felisa. Also from English Liza, Lisa, diminutives of Elizabeth.

Proper noun

Lisa

1. a female given name from English

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Lisa.

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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.

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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

• son of Lisa: Lisuson
• daughter of Lisa: Lisudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Lisa
Accusative	Lisu
Dative	Lisu
Genitive	Lisu

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French

Etymology

Clipping of Élisabeth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.za/

Proper noun

Lisa ?

1. a female given name, diminutive of Élisabeth.

Anagrams

• ails, lias, sali, sila

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːza/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lisa

1. a female given name derived from Elisabeth.

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Italian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Lisa f

1. a female given name, diminutive of Elisabetta.

Anagrams

• sali, salì
• Sila

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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

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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.

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Swedish

Etymology

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

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.