Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Élisa is a diminutive of Élisabeth. Élisabeth comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In French usage, Élisa is a diminutive of Élisabeth.
Élisa’s family of names
In French usage, Élisa is a diminutive of Élisabeth. In French usage, Élisa has a conventional equivalent in the English form Elizabeth. In French usage, Élisa has a conventional equivalent in the Occitan form Elisa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Élisa has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Élisa
- Élisa TovatiFrench actress and singerborn 1976
- Élisabeth SonrelFrench artist (1874-1953)
- Élisa GarnerinFrench balloonist and parachutist1791–1853
- Élisa Lemonnier1805–1865
- Elisa KochItalian painter (1833-1914)
- Élisa Beetz-CharpentierFrench sculptor and artist (1859–1949)
- Élisa ServierFrench actressborn 1955
- Élisa MartinFrench politicianborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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