Lisa

Where Lisa comes from

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”.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lisa
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #993 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1961
    Lisa Gerrard born
    Australian musician, singer and composer
  3. 1963
    Lisa Kudrow born
    American actress
  4. 1965
    Peak, #1
    60,271 babies named Lisa — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Lisa Gerrard · Australian musician, singer and composer, born 1961
  • Lisa Kudrow · American actress, born 1963
  • Lisa · Thai rapper, singer, model, dancer and actress, born 1997
  • Lisa del Giocondo · subject of the Mona Lisa, 1479–1542
  • Lisa Edelstein · American actress, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.