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Lisa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lisa"

English

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Etymology

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Diminutive of Elisabeth in several European languages. The computer is named after Lisa Brennan-Jobs, officially explained as an acronym for “Locally Integrated Software Architecture”.

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Lisa (plural Lisas)

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    You were born in the '70s? Were you named after Lisa on As the World Turns?
    • 1868, William Meynell Whittmore, editor, Sunshine, page 138:
      Elizabeth coloured.
      "Oh, I don't want the doll called after me, if that is what you mean," she said, rather disdainfully.
      "Nonsense, Lisa!" laughed her father, "you ought to consider yourself highly honoured to have such a handsome lady as this for your namesake."
    • 1997, Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger, Grove Press, →ISBN:
      Lisa is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang - whoom! Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.
    • 2007, Elinor Lipman, My Latest Grievance, →ISBN, page 16:
      Did I want to be burdened with a common name? Be the third Lisa and fourth Susan in my classroom? Darleen or Doreen or Maureen?
      I did.

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  • Taken to general use as a full English given name in early 20th century. Very popular in the U.S. in the 1960s, and in the U.K. a decade later.

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Noun

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Lisa (plural Lisas)

  1. (computing, historical) Ellipsis of Apple Lisa.
    • 1984 July 23, Peggy Watt, “Democrats Computerize Politics”, in InfoWorld, volume 6, number 30, page 24:
      Both Macs and Lisas, along with Imagewriter printers, are part of the convention network organized by Sytek of Mountain View, California.
  2. (slang) An idealised girlfriend.

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Clipping of Felisa. Also from English Liza, Lisa, diminutives of Elizabeth.

Proper noun

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Lisa

  1. a female given name from English
    • 2013, Bering, Jona Branzuela, Tubod:
      “Tingali!” segun pa ni Lisa dayong humol sa iyang mga labhonon sa tubig samtang si Gina ug Mina ming-atubang pagbalik sa labhonon. Padayon nga nagkusukuso si Rose.
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    • 2018 — Del Rosario, Jefferson, Color Game (05 September), Bisaya, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation
      Nagpadayon ang buynas ni Lisa. Mitingog ang iyang selpon, apan wala ni niya panumbalinga. Pagkakita niya, teks ra man diay sa iyang kamagwangang anak nga si Jonel. Mimiskol na pod ni, apan kay nalingaw siya sa perya, wala ni niya matubag.
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Danish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Lisa

  1. a female given name derived from Elisabeth

Dutch

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Etymology

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Shortening of Elisabeth.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈli.zaː/
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  • Hyphenation: Li‧sa

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Lisa f

  1. a female given name
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Faroese

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Lisa

  1. a female given name

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Matronymics

  • Lisa's son: Lisuson
  • Lisa's daughter: Lisudóttir

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative Lisa
accusative Lisu
dative Lisu
genitive Lisu

French

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Etymology

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    Clipping of Élisabeth.

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    Lisa f

    1. a diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth

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    German

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    Lisa

    1. a female given name from Elisabeth

    Italian

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    • IPA(key): /ˈli.sa/
    • Rhymes: -isa
    • Hyphenation: Lì‧sa

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    Lisa f

    1. a female given name, diminutive of Elisabetta

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    Lun Bawang

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    Lisa

    1. a male given name

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    • ⁠Ricky Ganang et al. (2008), “Lisa”, in Kemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council, →OCLC, page 210

    Norman

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    Lisa f

    1. a diminutive of the female given name Lisabé
    2. a female given name

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    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Derived from Low German Lisa (“female given name”), a short form of Elisabet (“female given name”), ultimately from Latin Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾĔlîšéḇaʿ, “my God is an oath”).

    Compare Danish Lisa, Swedish Lisa, German Lisa and English Lisa.

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    Lisa

    1. a female given name from Low German [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Lisa, a short form of Elisabet (“Elizabeth”)

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    • The Norwegian name day for Lisa is 2 September, shared with Lise and Liss.[1]
    • Lisa was most popular among Norwegian children born in the period 1990–1994.[1]

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    • According to data from Statistics Norway reported by Store norske leksikon, 5,450 women in Norway had Lisa as their sole or first given name in 2022.[1]

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    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “Lisa – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon.
    • Kristoffer Kruken and Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    From lisa, definite form of lisă (“uncultivated field”).

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    Lisa f

    1. a commune of Brașov County, Romania
    2. a village in Lisa, Brașov County, Romania
    3. a village in Schitu, Olt County, Romania
    4. a commune of Teleorman County, Romania
    5. a village in Lisa, Teleorman County, Romania

    Sicilian

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    From Medieval Latin L(udov)īs(i)a, feminine variant of from Latin Ludovīcus.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈli.sa/, [ˈli.sa]
    • Hyphenation: Li‧sa

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    Lisa

    1. a female given name from Latin, of historical usage, equivalent to English Louise

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    • (masculinine variant): Lisi

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    • Italian: Zia Lisa (toponym)

    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    Short form of Elisabet. First recorded in Sweden in 1558.

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    Lisa c (genitive Lisas)

    1. a female given name

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    • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
    • [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 31 611 females with the given name Lisa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 1910s and the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

    Yoruba

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    Probably from or cognate with Edo Olisa, Edo Olíhà

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    Lísà

    1. a traditional chieftaincy title, usually held by the highest-ranking chief in a town, second-in-command to the king.

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    • In the Èkìtì dialect of Yoruba, "Lísà" (or the Èkìtì equivalent, Ọị́sà/Ọísà, serves as a common noun meaning "high chief," (this may in fact be the original meaning borrowed from the Edo language), but that meaning is only used in compounds of other chieftaincy titles, such as Sàpetu, which is a contraction of "Lísà Ìpetu," literally "high chief of Ìpetu."

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