Girl · Hebrew, through Italian
Elisa
Say it: eh-LEE-zah
Meaning
A short form of Elisabetta; for its root see Elizabeth, usually explained as 'my God is an oath'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Timeless: in steady use for over a century
In the United States
- 44,139 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2012, about 1 in 2,100 girls
- 587 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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