Given name
Lissie
“resembling a flower”
Lissie is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
In Danish usage, Lissie is a diminutive of Elisabeth.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lissie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 936
- 0 boys · 936 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 31 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 245 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.
Lissie’s family of names
In Danish usage, Lissie is a diminutive of Elisabeth. Lissie has a related form in Lissy. Lissie has a related form in Lissi.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lissie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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