Given name & surname
Laisa
“a legendary courtesan”
Laisa is a variant of Lais. One Greek interpretation is “a legendary courtesan.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Laisa is a variant of Lais. One Greek interpretation is “a legendary courtesan.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Laisa is a variant of Lais. An origin associated with Lais is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 233
- 0 boys · 233 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 36 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 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 423 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
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