| Pronunciation | /ˈliːsə/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | English, Italian |
| Meaning | God's promise |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Elizabeth, Liz, Eliza and Lisha |
The given name Lisa can be a short form of Elisabeth, Melissa or Elizabeth. In the United Kingdom, the name Lisa began to gain popularity during the 1960s, by 1974 it was the fifth most popular female name there, and a decade later it was the 14th most popular female name there. However, by 1996 it had fallen out of the top 100. Similarly, in the United States it was the most popular female name for most of the 1960s and in the top 10 through most of the 1970s before falling.
Notable people with the given name Lisa
- Lisa (French musician) (born Lisa Gautier, 1977) French singer performing as "Lisa"
- Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974) stylized "LISA", Elizabeth Sakura Narita, member of the Japanese hip-hop group m-flo
- Lisa Allen (born 1981), British chef
- Lisa Ambalavanar, English actress
- Anna Lisa Andersson (1873–1958), Swedish reporter
- Lisa Ann (born 1972), American radio host
- Lisa Arce (born 1969), beach volleyball player
- Lisa Aukland (born 1958), American bodybuilder and powerlifter
- Lisa Aziz (born 1962), British television presenter
- Lisa Banes (1955–2021), American actress
- Lisa Barlow (born 1974), American television personality and businesswoman
- Lisa Barros D'Sa, British director and actress
- Lisa Bodnar, American nutritional and perinatal epidemiologist
- Lisa Bonet (born 1967), American actress
- Maja-Lisa Borgman (1750–1791), Swedish coffee house owner
- Lisa Bowman (born 1988), Irish netball player
- Lisa Brennan-Jobs (born 1978), American author and daughter of Steve Jobs
- Lisa Coleman (musician), American musician and composer, member of The Revolution
- Lisa Cross (born 1978), British bodybuilder
- Lisa Curry-Kenny (born 1962), Australian swimmer
- Lisa D'Amato (born 1980), model and contestant in America's Next Top Model
- Lisa Dahlkvist (born 1987), Swedish football player
- Lisa Ekdahl (born 1971), Swedish singer
- Lisa Eldridge (born 1974), British make-up artist
- Lisa Erlandsdotter (1774–1854), Swedish artist
- Lisa Evans (born 1992), Scottish footballer
- Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844–1905), American poet and correspondent
- Lisa Foiles (born 1986), American actress
- Lisa Ann French (1964–1973), American murder victim
- Lisa Frenkel, American pediatrician, professor
- Lisa Fuillerat (1965-2017), American murder victim
- Lisa Gastineau (born 1959), American former model, reality TV star
- Lisa Germano (born 1958), American singer/songwriter
- Lisa Gherardini (1479–1542), namesake and possible model for the Mona Lisa
- Lisa Gleave (born 1976), Australian actress and model
- Lisa Hannigan (born 1981), Irish singer-songwriter
- Lisa M. Hansen, American producer, actress, director, and writer
- Lisa Harriton, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and sound designer
- Lisa Heller, American singer, songwriter and philanthropist
- Lisa Hilton (born 1974), British author
- Lisa Höpink (born 1998), German swimmer
- Lisa Linn Kanae, Hawaiian professor
- Lisa Kehler (born 1967), English race walker
- Lisa Kelly (trucker) (born 1980), American trucker
- Lisa Kelly (born 1977), Irish classical singer
- Lisa M. Koonin, American public health official
- Lisa Kudrow (born 1963), American actress
- Lisa Lambe (born 1983), Irish singer and performer
- Lisa Lampanelli (born 1961), American comedian
- Lisa Lavie (born 1983), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Lisa Leslie (born 1972, American basketball player
- Lisa Lilja (born 1996), Swedish sprinter
- Lisa Ling (born 1973), American journalist
- Lisa Loeb (born 1968), pop singer/songwriter
- Lisa Lopes (1971–2002), American rapper, songwriter, and former member of TLC
- Lisa Lopez, Tejano singer
- Lisa Loring (1958–2023), American actress
- Lisa Lucas (born 1961), American actress and journalist
- Lisa Mainiero (born 1957), American writer and management professor
- Lisa Manoban (born 1997), stage name Lisa, Thai singer, rapper, dancer, and member of South Korean group BLACKPINK
- Lisa Martin (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lisa Marx (born 1981), American guitarist and member of Kittie
- Lisa McPherson (1959–1995), Scientologist
- Lisa McCune (born 1971), Australian actress
- Lisa Middelhauve (born 1980), German singer
- Lisa Ann Millican (1969–1982), American murder victim
- Lisa Mirabello, American medical geneticist
- Lisa Mitchell (born 1990), Australian musician
- Ivory (wrestler) née Lisa Moretti (born 1961), American wrestler
- Lisa Nandy (born 1979), British politician and Labour MP for Wigan in House of Commons
- Lisa Niemi (born 1956), American actress, widow of Patrick Swayze
- Lisa Nowak (born 1963), American astronaut; arrested for attempted kidnap and attempted murder
- Lisa Origliasso (born 1984), Australian musician, member of The Veronicas
- Lisa Osofsky, British/American lawyer
- Lisa Parks (born 1967), American media scholar
- Lisa Brix Pedersen (born 1996), Danish discus thrower
- Lisa Powell (born 1970), Australian field hockey player
- Lisa Marie Presley (1968–2023), American singer, daughter of Elvis Presley
- Lisa Randall (born 1962), American theoretical physicist
- Lisa Ray (born 1972), Canadian actress
- Lisa Raymond (born 1973), American tennis player
- Lisa Rinna (born 1963), American actress
- Lisa Robin Kelly (1970–2013), American actress
- Lisa Rubin (born 1977), Canadian theatre director
- Lisa Ruddy, Canadian actress who was a cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series You Can't Do That on Television
- Lisa Scott, Australian film producer
- Lisa Scott-Lee (born 1975), British singer, member of Steps
- Lisa Selesner, known as Lisa S. (born 1978), American international model, actress and veejay
- Lisa Simes (born 1976), Canadian artistic gymnast
- Lisa Marie (actress) née Lisa Marie Smith (born 1968), American model and actress
- Lisa Stansfield (born 1966), British singer
- Lisa Steier (1888–1928), Swedish ballerina
- Lisa Stokke (born 1975), Norwegian actress and singer
- Lisa Su (born 1969), Taiwanese-American executive, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices
- Lisa Tucker (singer) (born 1989), American singer
- Lisa Vanderpump (born 1960), American television personality and businesswoman
- Lisa Marie Varon (born 1971), American bodybuilder, fitness competitor, and wrestler
- Lisa Velez (born 1966), singer, better known as Lisa Lisa
- Lisa Wallace, Big Brother 2009 contestant
- Lisa Walton (born 1975), New Zealand field hockey player
- Lisa Welander (1909–2001), Swedish neurologist
- Lisa Wilcox (born 1964), American actress
- Lisa Willner, American politician
- Lisa Wooding (born 1979), English field hockey player
- Lisa Mantler (born 2002), German social media person, (from Lisa and Lena)
- List of names starting with Lisa
Fictional characters
- Lisa, a character from the animated film, Ponyo
- Lisa, a character in the film 1978 pornographic movie Debbie Does Dallas
- Lisa, a character in the 1981 American slasher movie The Prowler
- Lisa, a character in the television show Home Improvement
- Lisa, a character in the 2005 American science fiction adventure Zathura: A Space Adventure
- Lisa, a character played by Nicole Eggert in the 2008 Television movie A Christmas Proposal
- Lisa, a character in the movie 2009 American comedy film The Hangover
- Lisa Asparagus, a character and Junior's mom in the video series VeggieTales
- Lisa Burnett, founder and President of SPS
- Lisa (1990 film), a 1990 film starring Cheryl Ladd, featuring a character named Lisa
- Lisa (2001 film), a 2001 film starring Marion Cotillard, featuring a character named Lisa
- Lisa, mythical girlfriend of the Internet Oracle
- Lisa, portrayed by Juliette Danielle, the female lead in Tommy Wiseau's film The Room
- Lisa in the film Weird Science
- Lisa, one of the protagonists of the book series featuring Gaspard and Lisa
- Lisa Armstrong, the titular character of the video game Lisa: The Painful
- Lisa Braeden, a character in the television series Supernatural
- Lisa Chadway, a character in the 1997 American drama television movie Deep Family Secrets
- Lisa Cuddy, a character in House M.D.
- Lisa Davis, a character in the 1980 American disaster comedy movie Airplane!
- Lisa Dingle, a character in the popular British soap opera Emmerdale
- Lisa Douglas, the socialite wife of Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 1960s sitcom Green Acres
- Lisa Fortier, a fictional voodoo priestess portrayed by Pam Grier in the blaxploitation film Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
- Lisa Carol Fremont, a character played by Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's film Rear Window (1954)
- Lisa Garland, a character in the video game franchise Silent Hill
- Lisa Grimaldi, a character in the soap opera As the World Turns
- Lisa Haglund, a character of the Bert Diaries novels series
- Lisa Hamilton, a character in the Dead or Alive video game series
- Lisa Hayes, a character in the American television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
- Lisa Hayes, a main character in the Robotech television series
- Lisa Heffenbacher, a character from the TV series The Electric Company
- Lisa Imai, character from mixed-media franchise, BanG Dream!
- Lisa Kramer, a character in the 2004 American romantic comedy movie Along Came Polly
- Lisa Landry, a character from the American sitcom Sister, Sister
- Lisa Loud from The Loud House
- Lisa McDowell, a character in the 1988 American romantic comedy film Coming to America
- Lisa Minci, a playable Electro character in the video game Genshin Impact
- Lisa Nelson, the main character in the 1975 novel The Girl Who Owned a City
- Lisa Niles, a character in the American soap opera General Hospital
- Lisa Rogan, a character from The House of the Dead
- Lisa Rowe, a charismatic sociopath portrayed by Angelina Jolie in the film Girl, Interrupted
- Lisa Simpson, a character in the TV Show The Simpsons; she is the daughter of Homer and Marge Simpson
- Lisa Snart, a DC supervillainess known as Golden Glider
- Lisa Yadomaru, a vizard and former lieutenant, later captain in manga Bleach
- Lisa Tepes, wife of Count Dracula and mother of Alucard in both the video game and animated series Castlevania
- Lisa Trevor, a character in the horror survival series games "Resident Evil"
- Lisa Turtle, a character in the teen show Saved by the Bell
- Lisa Watmough, a character in Robert Swindells's book Room 13
- Lisa Wilbourn, a character in the novel Worm (web serial)
- Princess Lisa, a character in Tolstoy's book War and Peace
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Lisa
- Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host
- Liisa (given name)
- Lisa (disambiguation)
- Lisa (surname)
- Lyssa Chapman, American bounty hunter
- Lessa (surname)
References
- "Lisa - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Lisa". BabyNames.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
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