Given name & surname
Lissy
“God is my oath”·“resembling a flower”
In English use, Lissy is a diminutive of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.” Lissy is a variant of Lissie. One American interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Lissy is a diminutive of Elisabeth. One interpretation is “God is my oath.” Lissy is a variant of Lissie. One American interpretation is “resembling a flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lissy is a variant of Lissie. An origin associated with Lissie is American.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Lissy is a diminutive of Elisabeth.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lissy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 102
- 0 boys · 102 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,218 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,218 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 654 as a first name in 2020; 230 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.
Lissy’s family of names
In English usage, Lissy is a diminutive of Elisabeth. Lissy has a related form in Lissie. In Greek usage, Lissy as a surname is a transliteration of Λίσσυ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lissy has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lissy
- Lissy Arnaactress (1900–1964)
- Lissy GrönerGerman politician (1954-2019)
- Lissy Samuelcricketerborn 1967
- Lissy LindGerman actress (1884–1936)
- Lissy SchmidtGerman journalist (1959–1994)
- Lissy TrullieAmerican musicianborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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