Lisa
English
Etymology
Diminutive of Elisabeth in several European languages.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lēʹsə, lēʹzə, līʹzə, IPA(key): /ˈliːsə/, /ˈliːzə/, /ˈlaɪzə/
Audio (Hampshire, England) (file) - (General American) enPR: lēʹsə, lēʹzə, līʹzə, IPA(key): /ˈlisə/, /ˈlizə/, /ˈlaɪzə/
- Rhymes: -iːsə, -iːzə, -aɪzə
- Homophones: LISA, Liza, liza
Proper noun
Lisa (plural Lisas)
- 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
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Anagrams
- Alis, Ilsa, Isla, LIAs, Lias, SAIL, SiAl, ails, lais, lias, sail, sial
Cebuano
Etymology
Clipping of Felisa. Also from English Liza, Lisa, diminutives of Elizabeth.
Proper noun
Lisa
- a female given name from English
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Lisa.
Danish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Lisa
- a female given name derived from Elisabeth
Dutch
Etymology
Shortening of Elisabeth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.zaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Li‧sa
Proper noun
Lisa f
- 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
- 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 |
French
Etymology
Clipping of Élisabeth.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.za/
Proper noun
Lisa f
- a female given name, diminutive of 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 (file)
Proper noun
Lisa
- 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.za/
- Rhymes: -iza
- Hyphenation: Lì‧sa
Proper noun
Lisa f
- a female given name, diminutive of Elisabetta
Anagrams
- Sila, alsi, sali, salì
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Lisa f
- a diminutive of the female given name Lisabé
- 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
- a female given name derived from Elisabeth
Romanian
Etymology
From lisa, definite form of lisă (“uncultivated field”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Lisa f
- A commune of Brașov, Romania
- A village in Lisa, Brașov, Romania
- A village in Schitu, Olt, Romania
- A commune of Teleorman, Romania
- A village in Lisa, Teleorman, Romania
Swedish
Etymology
Short form of Elisabet. First recorded in Sweden in 1558.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²liːsa/
- Rhymes: -²iːsa
- Homophone: leasa
Proper noun
Lisa c (genitive Lisas)
- a female given name
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- 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.