Lisa
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Lisa began as a short form of Elizabeth, Hebrew for “God is my oath” or “pledged to God.” Lisa rarely stood alone before the 1930s, then ruled as the top girl’s name through most of the 1960s before fading as parents turned to Liza or Libby. Well-known Lisas include Lisa Kudrow, Lisa Bonet, and The Simpsons’ Lisa Simpson. In Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Lisa is the wife of ape leader Caesar and the first ape of her era to speak.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names
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Usage of Lisa in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Lisa against each list of names.
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Czech
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Dutch
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English
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French
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Georgian
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German
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Hungarian
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Indonesian
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Irish
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Italian
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Japanese
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Latin
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Romanian
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Russian
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Spanish
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Swedish
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Lisa is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Lisa in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 256 girls were named Lisa, making it the #987 girls' name in the US. Since 1886, 967,229 girls have been named Lisa, with the most (60,271) in 1965. It is most common, relative to births, in Utah, Wisconsin 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.
Lisa in other languages
- Elisabeth Dutch, English, German, Norwegian, Swedish
- Elisa Catalan, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
- Ilse Dutch, Estonian, German, Swedish
- Isabel Catalan, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish
- Bettina Dutch, German, Latin
- Elizabeth Dutch, English, French
- Liz Dutch, English, Swedish
- Betsy Dutch, English
- Betty Dutch, English
- Elizabet Dutch, Hungarian
- Ilze Latvian, Swedish
- Isa Dutch, Italian
- Isabella Dutch, Italian
- Isabelle Dutch, French
- Izabela Czech, Polish
- Izabella Latvian, Polish
- Liisa Estonian, Finnish
- Liisi Estonian, Finnish
- Liza Dutch, Latvian
- Tine Dutch, Slovenian
- Élisabeth French, Swedish
- Alžběta Czech
- Elisabet Icelandic
- Elisabetta Italian
- Elizabeta Slovenian
- Elżbieta Polish
- Elžbieta Lithuanian
- Erzsébet Hungarian
- Ilsa German
- Lesa French
Lisa name days
- September 2 Norway
- September 20 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Lisa
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Lisa, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Hurricane Lisa (Category 1) | 2022 | North Atlantic | 148 km/h |
| Tropical storm Lisa | 2016 | North Atlantic | 83 km/h |
| Hurricane Lisa (Category 1) | 2010 | North Atlantic | 139 km/h |
| Hurricane Lisa (Category 1) | 2004 | North Atlantic | 120 km/h |
| Hurricane Lisa (Category 1) | 1998 | North Atlantic | 120 km/h |
| Tropical storm Lisa | 1996 | Western Pacific | 74 km/h |
| Cyclone Lisa (Category 1) | 1991 | South Pacific | 148 km/h |
| Tropical storm Lisa | 1983 | South Pacific | 111 km/h |
| Tropical storm Lisa | 1981 | South Indian Ocean | 74 km/h |
| Tropical storm Lisa | 1966 | South Indian Ocean | – |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Lisa
There are 71 towns and villages with Lisa in their name, in 21 countries.
🇧🇷 Brazil 15🇲🇽 Mexico 14🇳🇬 Nigeria 8🇨🇺 Cuba 3🇷🇴 Romania 3🇷🇺 Russia 3🇺🇸 United States 3🇻🇪 Venezuela 3
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Lisa | Teleorman County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 2,576 | Map |
| Lisa | Brașov County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 1,653 | Map |
| Lisa | Olt, 🇷🇴 Romania | 562 | Map |
| Cerca Lisa | Jalisco, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 71 | Map |
| Mesa Lisa | Chihuahua, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 64 | Map |
| Piedra Lisa | Oaxaca, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 56 | Map |
| Piedra Lisa | Oaxaca, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 53 | Map |
| Mesa Lisa | Chihuahua, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 42 | Map |
| Laja Lisa | Michoacán, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 20 | Map |
| Villa Lisa | Campania, 🇮🇹 Italy | 13 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Lisa
There are 6 lakes and reservoirs with Lisa in their name, in 3 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 3🇨🇦 Canada 2🇨🇺 Cuba 1
| Name | Where | |
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| Lac Lisa | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Lisa | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lisa Lake | Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lisa Lake | Alaska, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lisa Lake | Colorado, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Laguna La Lisa | Pinar del Río, 🇨🇺 Cuba | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lisa songs
32 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Lisa in their title. The best known:
- Mona Lisa – Ray Evans (1950)
- The Ballad of Mona Lisa – Panic! at the Disco (2011)
- Lisa Mona Lisa – Wilfried (1988)
- Lonely Lisa (2011)
- Lisa dagli occhi blu – Mario Tessuto (1969)
- I'm Not Lisa – Jessi Colter (1975)
- Lisa
- Lisa Lân
- Mona Lisa
- Lisa – Gustavo Cerati (1994)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Lisa
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Lisa.
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Lisa Ann Walter
Lisa Bero
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Fictional characters named Lisa
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.
Lisa as a pet name
FurryName has found 1,945 dogs named Lisa in public pet registers, making it the #1,093 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Sweden (1849), Fusagasugá (3), Richmond (3). Lisa as a dog name →
FurryName has found 1,901 cats named Lisa in public pet registers, making it the #897 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Sweden (1887), Fusagasugá (1), Corangamite Shire (1). Lisa as a cat name →
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