Given name & surname
Liese
“God is my oath”·“my God is bountiful”
In German use, Liese is an affectionate form of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.” Liese is a variant of Liesl. In German use, Liesl carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Original GermanElisabeth
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Liese is an affectionate form of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.” Liese is a variant of Liesl. In German use, Liesl carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German use, Liese is used as an affectionate form of Elisabeth.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Liese through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 144
- 0 boys · 144 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 16 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 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 256 as a first name in 2020; 414 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Liese’s family of names
In German usage, Liese is a diminutive of Elisabeth. In German usage, Liese has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lisa. Liese is an affectionate form of Elisabeth.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LisaEnglish
- Bettyequivalent
- Lizequivalent
- Lizaequivalent
- Betsyequivalent
- Ilseequivalent
- Lieselequivalent
- Ilsaequivalent
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- Elspethequivalent
- Elisabetequivalent
- Betinaequivalent
- Bettinaequivalent
- Elizabetequivalent
- Elisabettaequivalent
- Liseequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Liesaequivalent
- Ilzeequivalent
- Liisaequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- Élisabethequivalent
- Erzsébetequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Elżbietaequivalent
- Alžbětaequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
- Liisiequivalent
- Eskeequivalent
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Liese
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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