Lisa Name Meaning & Origin
Lisa
Origin of the name Lisa:
Short form of Elizabeth (God is my oath) that is now commonly bestowed as an independent given name.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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- Nicknames for Lisa
Lis, Li/Lee, Liz, Liza, Li Li, Leese, Lise, Lisa Pizza, Lisa Polisa, Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam, Lisle, Liska, Li-Lo, Lil, Lisa-Lou, Lanky Lisa, Lou, Lily-Jane, Leesee-lou, Lizabet, LeeLee, Lisa Stansfield, Liserle, Betty, Lily
- Meanings and history of the name Lisa
God is bountiful
God Is My Oath
God has swornFrom the Hebrew 'Elisheba'
This is also the pronunciation of the word "fox" in Russian. Perhaps some of the Lisas who are lamenting how common the name is in their cohort can take some secret pleasure in claiming the handsome, clever fox as a totem animal - or just considering themselves foxy!
"Honey Bee" - Greek. I have a 'name meaning' poster for the name 'Lisa' which states this meaning; although I have never seen it elsewhere, I, an atheist Lisa, prefer it to the common meanings.
Lis is also French for the Lily flower.
- Famous real-life people named Lisa
Lisa Marie Presley, singer
Lisa Kudrow, actress
Lisa Loeb, singer-songwriter
Lisa Edelstein, actress
Lisa Rinna, actress
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, singer
Lisa Bonet, actress
Lisa Stansfield, singer/actress
Lisa Kelly, singer, toured with riverdance, Mezzo soprano in Celtic Woman
Lisa Whelchel, actress (The Facts of Life)
Lisa Schwartz- American internet personality (@lisbug)
Lisa Origliasso, singer (The Veronicas)
Baby Lisa, who went missing in 2011
Lisa Manoban, Thai lead rapper and main dancer of South Korean pop girl group BLACKPINK
Lisa Mantler, German social media star- Lisa in song, story & screen
Lisa Simpson, intellectual and sensitive daughter of Homer and Marge on "The Simpsons"
Lisa Loud Nickelodeon's "The Loud House" Lisa is Lincoln's 4-year-old child prodigy sister with brown hair, glasses, a green sweater, pink pants, and a giant brain for a preschooler.
"Mona Lisa," Nat King Cole song
"Sad Lisa," Cat Stevens song (although he pronounces it "Leeza")
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam (80s band)
"Losing Lisa", a song by Ben Folds
"Lisa Baby", a song by the group WALK THE MOON
"I'm Not Lisa", pop song by country music artist Jessi Colter 1975
"Life Without Lisa," Bowling for Soup song
Lisa Douglas, glamorous wife of Oliver on the 1960s TV series "Green Acres", played by Eva Gabor
Lisa Grimaldi, character on the soap opera "As the World Turns", played by Eileen Fulton. Lisa is considered to be the first soap "vixen" and was one half of the first ever "super couple", Bob and Lisa Hughes. Fulton's Lisa was credited with speeding up the popularity of the name for baby girls. "Lisa" became the most popular name for girls between the years of 1962 and 1969.
Lisa Dingle, character in the UK soap Emmerdale
"Lisa Marie", a song by Lil' Wayne
Lisa Stillman, character in the Canadian TV show Heartland