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View Name: Lisa


LISA
GENDER: Feminine
PRONOUNCED: LEE-sÉ™ (English), LEE-zah (German)   [key]
Meaning & History
Short form of ELIZABETH, ELISABETH, ELISABET or ELISABETTA. This is the name of the subject of one of the world's most famous paintings, the 'Mona Lisa', the portrait of Lisa del Giocondo by Leonardo da Vinci.
Related Names
DIMINUTIVE: Lillia (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Eliška (Czech), Liisa, Liisu (Estonian), Eliisa, Elisa, Elsa, Liisa, Liisi (Finnish), Babette, Élise, Lili, Lilian, Liliane, Lise, Lilianne, Lisette (French), Bözsi, Erzsi, Liza, Zsóka (Hungarian), Sibéal (Irish), Elzė (Lithuanian), Ibb (Medieval English), Eliza, Liliana (Polish), Belinha, Liliana, Elisa, Liana (Portuguese), Lílian (Portuguese (Brazilian)), Liliana (Romanian), Liza, Lizaveta (Russian), Beileag, Lileas, Lilias, Lillias (Scottish), Eliška (Slovak), Špela (Slovene), Elisa, Liliana, Isa (Spanish)
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