Given name
Hisa
“a long-lived woman”
Hisa is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “a long-lived woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “a long-lived woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1918. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 102 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hisa’s family of names
Hisa has a related form in Hisako. Hisa has a related form in Hisayo. Hisa has a related form in Hisah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hisa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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