Elisa (given name)
| Elisa | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | My God is an oath |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Élise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Elle, Lisa |
Elisa is a feminine given name. It is of Phoenician origin. According to legend the first queen of Cartago was Elissa. Another opinion is that it is a shortened form of Elisabeth, a variant of the Biblical name Elizabeth.[1]
Closely related names include Elissa, Eliza, the French form Élise, and the Spanish form Elisa.
People with this name
- Élisa Bonaparte (1777–1820), sister of Napoleon
- Elisa Christy (born 1917), Mexican actress and dancer
- Elisa Di Francisca (born 1982), Italian fencer
- Elisa Donovan (born 1971), American actress
- Lisvel Elisa Eve (born 1991), Dominican Republic volleyball player
- Elisa Fiorillo (born 1969), American singer
- Elisa Georgiou (born 1994), Greek Cypriot model
- Elisa Jimenez (born 1963), American fashion designer and Project Runway contestant
- Elisa Kadigia Bove, Italian-Somali actress
- Elisa Radziwill, Polish aristocrat
- Elisa Servenius (fl. 1809), Swedish female soldier
- Elisa Toffoli, Italian singer
- Elisa Togut (born 1978), Italian volleyball player
- Elisa Volpatto (born 1986), Brazilian television and film actress
- Elisa Zulueta (born 1984), Chilean television and film actress
- Fictional characters
- Elisa Maza in the Disney animated series Gargoyles
- Elisa, a child psychic from Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
- Lucero-Elisa de Riqueza, protagonist of the "Fire and Thorns" trilogy, by Rae Carson.
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