Given name
Jalisa
“God is my oath”·“My God is bountiful”
In English use, Jalisa is a diminutive of Elizabeth. “God is my oath” is the etymological interpretation given for Elisabeth, the same name in a different spelling. “My God is bountiful” is another recorded interpretation, but the two should be kept distinct rather than blended into one literal translation.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Jalisa is a diminutive of Elizabeth. “God is my oath” is the etymological interpretation given for Elisabeth, the same name in a different spelling. “My God is bountiful” is another recorded interpretation, but the two should be kept distinct rather than blended into one literal translation.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Jalisa is a diminutive of Elizabeth. Elizabeth is the usual English spelling of Elisabeth. The related biblical forms connect it with the Hebrew name Elisheba, borne by Aaron’s wife.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Jalisa is a diminutive of Elizabeth. In English use, Jalisa is a diminutive of Elizabeth. The shared background comes through Elizabeth: English generally uses Elizabeth with a z, where many European languages retain Elisabeth with an s. Elisabeth is connected with Elisheba; its final element may have been reshaped through association with Hebrew shabbath, “sabbath.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Jalisa is a diminutive of Elizabeth. The history of Elizabeth gives this family its wider story. The New Testament Elisabeth is the mother of John the Baptist. English royal associations include Elizabeth I and, in the twentieth century, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and her daughter Elizabeth II. Elizabeth’s familiar forms developed along several paths, including Eliza, Beth, Bess, Betty, Libby and Lizzie.
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Jalisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,200
- 6 boys · 6,194 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 598 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,924 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,924 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 592 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,862 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.
Jalisa’s family of names
In English usage, Jalisa is a diminutive of Elizabeth.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Jalisa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Elissa
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Elizabet
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Sarina
“princess”
>99% girls
Elspeth
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Elisabeth
“God is my oath”
>99% girls
Betsie
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Lisa
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls
Jozia
“God heals” · “God will help”
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