Girl · Hebrew, through French
Lise
Say it: LEEZ
Meaning
A French short form of Élisabeth, from Hebrew Elisheva 'my God is an oath'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Very common in Quebec in the 1940s and 1950s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1950s
In the United States
- 2,780 babies given this name since 1922
- At its height in 1959, about 1 in 12,900 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| German | Liesl |
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Famous bearers
- Lise Payette, Québécois politician
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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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