Given name
Liisa
“my God is bountiful”
Liisa is a variant of Lisa. In English use, Lisa carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Liisa is a variant of Lisa. In English use, Lisa carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Estonian usage, Liisa is a short form of Elisabeth. In Estonian usage, Liisa is a short form of ELIISABET.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Liisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 427
- 0 boys · 427 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 28 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 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 700 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.
Liisa’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Liisa is a short form of Elisabeth. In Finnish usage, Liisa has a conventional equivalent in the English form Elizabeth. Liisa has a related form in Lisa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Liisa has relatives in 6 languages.
8 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 42
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Isabellaequivalent
- ElizabethEnglish
- AliceEnglish
- Isabelleequivalent
- Isabelequivalent
- Izabellaequivalent
- Bettyequivalent
- Lizequivalent
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- Lizaequivalent
- Tinaequivalent
- Betsyequivalent
- Izabelequivalent
- Izabelaequivalent
- Ilseequivalent
- Lieslequivalent
- Lieselequivalent
- Ilsaequivalent
- Elspethequivalent
- Elisabetequivalent
- Betinaequivalent
- Bettinaequivalent
- Elizabetequivalent
- ElisabettaItalian
- Lieseequivalent
- Tineequivalent
- Liseequivalent
- Elizabetaequivalent
- Sabelequivalent
- Ilzeequivalent
- Ísabellaequivalent
- 伊麗莎白Chinese
- AlžbětaCzech
- Eskeequivalent
- Ilzaequivalent
- Elžbietaequivalent
- Erzsébetequivalent
- Élisabethequivalent
- Ealisaidequivalent
- Liesbethequivalent
- Elesbedequivalent
- Elżbietaequivalent
- Elizabetoequivalent
People named Liisa
- Liisa SuihkonenFinnish cross-country skier (1943–2025)
- Liisa JaakonsaariFinnish politician (born 1945)
- Liisa KauppinenFinnish lawyer and human rights activistborn 1939
- Liisa PakostaEstonian politician (born 1969)
- Liisa SavijarviCanadian alpine skierborn 1963
- Liisa OviirEstonian politician (born 1977)
- Liisa HyssäläFinnish dentist and politicianborn 1948
- Liisa VeijalainenFinnish orienteerborn 1951
- Liisa PastEstonian cybersecurity expert (born 1980)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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