Alisa
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Alisa is a Hebrew name meaning “happiness,” with variants such as Alissa, Aliza, and Alyssa. Although Alisa looks like Alicia, its Hebrew roots make it a favorite with Jewish parents, while Christian families tend to choose Alicia. Alisa is also traced to Greek, meaning “truthful.”
Sources: Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Alisa in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Alisa against each list of names.
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English
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Greek
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Hebrew
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Hungarian
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Irish
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Italian
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Japanese
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Romanian
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Russian
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Alisa is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Alisa in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 125 girls were named Alisa, making it the #1652 girls' name in the US. Since 1945, 34,705 girls have been named Alisa, with the most (1,153) in 1970. It is most common, relative to births, in Massachusetts, Virginia and New York.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Alisa in other languages
- Alice Czech, English, French, Italian
- Elisa Catalan, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
- Alicia Spanish
- Alicja Polish
- Alise Latvian
- Alisia Indonesian
- Alissa Dutch
- Алиса Russian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Alisa
There are 3 towns and villages with Alisa in their name, in 3 countries.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh 1🇸🇾 Syria 1🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alisa | Khulna Division, 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | – | Map |
| Alisa Estates | Delaware, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| ‘Alīşā | Aleppo, 🇸🇾 Syria | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Alisa songs
2 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Alisa in their title. The best known:
- Alisa – Ranetki
- aLisa & Gary – various artists
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Alisa
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Alisa.
Alisa Agafonova
Alisa Drei
Alisa Galliamova
Alisa Melekhina
Fictional characters named Alisa
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Alisa as a pet name
FurryName has found 7 dogs named Alisa in public pet registers, making it the #9,011 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Burlington (1), Zurich (1), Vancouver (1). Alisa as a dog name →
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