Lisa (given name)
| Lisa | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈliːsə/ |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | English |
| Meaning | God's promise |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Elizabeth |
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The given name Lisa can be a short form of Elizabeth or Elisabeth.
In the United Kingdom, it began to gain popularity during the 1960s and by 1974 was the fifth most popular female name there, and a decade later was still as high as 14th. However, by 1996 it had fallen out of the top 100.[1] Similarly, in the US 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, Lisa Gautier, a French singer performing under the name "Lisa"
- LISA, Elizabeth Sakura Narita, former member of the Japanese hip-hop group m-flo
- Lisa Ann, American pornographic actress
- Lisa Arce, beach volleyball player
- Lisa Aukland, American professional bodybuilder and powerlifter
- Lisa Aziz, British television presenter
- Lisa Bonet, American actress
- Maja-Lisa Borgman, Swedish coffee house owner
- Lisa Burnett, founder and President of SPS
- Lisa Cross, IFBB professional British bodybuilder
- Lisa Curry-Kenny Australian Olympian swimmer
- Lisa D'Amato, a model and contestant in America's Next Top Model Cycle Five
- Lisa Dahlkvist, Swedish association football player
- Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer
- Lisa Erlandsdotter, Swedish artist
- Lisa Foiles, actress
- Lisa Germano, American singer/songwriter
- Lisa Gherardini, namesake and possible model for the Mona Lisa
- Lisa Gleave, actress and model
- Lisa M. Hansen, American producer, actress, assistant director, and writer
- Lisa Hughes, Boston TV newsanchor
- Lisa Kehler, English race walker
- Lisa Kelly, Irish classical singer
- Lisa Kelly, American trucker
- Lisa Kudrow, actress
- Lisa Lambe, Irish singer and performer,
- Lisa Lampanelli, American comedian
- Lisa Lavie, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Lisa Leslie, basketball player
- Lisa Ling, American journalist
- Lisa Loeb, pop singer/songwriter
- Lisa Lopes, member of the female American R&B trio TLC
- Lisa Lucas, American actress and journalist
- Lisa McPherson, Scientologist
- Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and daughter of Elvis Presley
- Lisa Marie Smith, American model and actress, who uses simply Lisa Marie as her professional name
- Lisa Marie Varon, American female bodybuilder, fitness competitor, professional wrestler, TNA Knockout, and former WWE Diva
- Lisa Marx, guitarist and former member of Kittie
- Lisa McCune, Australian actress
- Lisa Mitchell, Australian musician
- Lisa Moretti, American retired professional wrestler and former WWE Diva
- Lisa Niemi, American actress, widow of Patrick Swayze
- Lisa Nowak, American astronaut; arrested under charges of attempted kidnap and attempted murder
- Lisa Origliasso, Australian musician, member of The Veronicas
- Lisa Powell, Australian field hockey forward
- Lisa Ray, Canadian actress
- Lisa Raymond, American tennis player
- Lisa Rinna, actress
- Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress
- Lisa Scott-Lee, British singer formerly of the pop group, Steps
- Lisa Sparxxx, American adult actress
- Lisa Stansfield, British singer
- Lisa Steier, Swedish ballerina
- Lisa Tucker (singer), American singer
- Lisa Velez, singer, better known as Lisa Lisa
- Lisa Wallace, Big Brother 2009 contestant
- Lisa Walton, New Zealand field hockey player
- Lisa Wooding, English field-hockey player
- Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host
- Lyssa Chapman, American bounty hunter
- List of names starting with Lisa
Fictional characters
- Lisa, mythical girlfriend of the Internet Oracle
- Lisa, portrayed by Juliette Danielle, the female lead in Tommy Wiseau's film The Room
- Lisa in Weird Science
- Lisa (Dead or Alive) in the Dead or Alive video game series
- Lisa (1990 film), a 1990 film starring Cheryl Ladd
- Lisa (2001 film), a 2001 film starring Marion Cotillard
- Lisa, one of the protagonists of the book series featuring Gaspard and Lisa
- Princess Lisa in War and Peace by Tolstoy
- Lisa Braeden in the television series Supernatural
- Lisa Cuddy in House M.D
- Lisa Dingle 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 1973 blaxploitation film Scream Blacula Scream
- Lisa Carol Fremont, played by Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film Rear Window
- Lisa Garland in the video game franchise Silent Hill
- Lisa Grimaldi in the soap opera As The World Turns
- Lisa Haglund of the Bert Diaries
- Lisa Hayes, a main character in the Robotech television series
- Lisa Niles in the American soap opera General Hospital
- Lisa Rowe, a charismatic sociopath portrayed by Angelina Jolie in the film Girl, Interrupted
- Lisa Simpson in the television series The Simpsons
- Lisa Turtle in the teen show Saved by the Bell
- Lisa Watmough in the book Room 13 by Robert Swindells
See also
References
- ↑ "Lisa - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Lisa". BabyNames.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
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