Lisa (given name)
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| Lisa | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | LEE-sah |
| 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.
Some people with the given name Lisa include:
People
- Lisa (singer), Lisa Gautier, a French singer performing under the name "Lisa"
- LISA (musician), Elizabeth Sakura Narita, former member of the Japanese hip-hop group m-flo
- Lisa Ann, American pornographic actress
- Lisa Arce, beach volleyball player
- Lisa Aziz, British television presenter
- Lisa Bonet, American actress
- Lisa Burnett, founder and President of SPS
- Lisa Curry-Kenny Australian Olympian swimmer
- Lisa D'Amato, a model and contestant in America's Next Top Model Cycle Five
- Lisa Erlandsdotter, Swedish artist
- Lisa Foiles, actress
- 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 News Anchor
- Lisa Kehler, English race walker
- Lisa Kudrow, actress
- Lisa Lampanelli, American comedienne
- 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 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 Marie Presley, American singer and daughter of Elvis Presley
- Lisa Ray, Indian-born Canadian actress
- Lisa Raymond, American tennis player
- Lisa Rinna, 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 Marie Varon, American female bodybuilder, fitness competitor, professional wrestler, TNA Knockout, and former WWE Diva
- 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, fictional character in Dexter's Laboratory
- Lisa, mythical girlfriend of the Internet Oracle
- Lisa Cuddy, a character on House M.D
- Lisa, portrayed by Juliette Danielle, the female lead in Tommy Wiseau's The Room (film)
- Lisa, fictional character in Weird Science
- Lisa (Dead or Alive), a fictional character from the Dead or Alive video game series.
- Lisa (film), a 1989 film starring Cheryl Ladd
- Lisa Carol Fremont, played by Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film Rear Window.
- Lisa Dingle, a character from the popular British soap opera Emmerdale
- Lisa Douglas, the socialite wife of Oliver Wendell Douglas in the 60's sitcom Green Acres
- Lisa Fortier, a fictional voodoo priestess portrayed by actress Pam Grier in the 1973 blaxploitation film, Scream Blacula Scream
- Lisa Garland, from the video games Silent Hill
- Lisa Grimaldi, a character on the soap opera As The World Turns
- Lisa Hayes, a main character in the Robotech television series
- Lisa Niles, a character on the American soap opera General Hospital
- Lisa Rowe, a charismatic sociopath portrayed by Angelina Jolie in the film Girl, Interrupted
- Lisa Simpson, a cartoon character in the television series The Simpsons
- Lisa Turtle, a character in the teen show Saved by the Bell
- Lisa Watmough, a character in the book Room 13 by Robert Swindells
- Lisa Wu, a character in the book series Twin Diaries, prequel to Double Trouble
- Princess Lisa, a character in War and Peace by Tolstoy
- Lisa, one of the title characters of the TV series Gaspard and Lisa
- Lisa Braeden, a character on the television series Supernatural
References
- ↑ "Lisa - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Lisa". BabyNames.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
See also
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